THE FIFTH COLUMN

"This column is dedicated to the proposition that Canada (and indeed the world) is in a crisis situation and that fundamental social change is required to remedy this situation." - The First Column, Lambda November 2, 1971 This blog is inspired by my column of the same name in the Laurentian University Newspaper, Lambda, from 1971-1973. The title refers to the concept of subverting the system from within. To read key excerpts from those columns read the first few posts in this blog.

2009-03-28

Remember Earth Day

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It may not have the high profile corporate sponsors and marketing hype that Earth Hour does but Earth Day , celebrated every April 22, i...
2009-03-27

How To Not Close A Trail While Building A Highway Over It – The Vienna Experience

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Another in my Austrian Reflections Series . One of my pet peeves has been the closure of the Queensway pedestrian and bike underpass from th...
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2009-03-26

Trail Drainage In The Vienna Woods

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This is a continuation of my Austrian Reflections Series . These are photos of a trail drainage system used on mountain bike and hiking trai...
2009-03-23

Blogging Break

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Last week we were in Toronto visiting our daughters so I took a blogging break. Spring has arrived in Toronto and there was no snow to be se...
2009-03-11

Channeling Stephen Harper

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"You know that recession we just had. The one where you lost your job, your home and your pension. It really wasn't that bad" ...
2009-03-10

Making David Suzuki Look Like a Fool

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Dr. David Suzuki is a respected scientist, world renowned environmentalist, and excellent communicator. So one would think that it would be ...
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2009-03-09

What's With Excommunication Anyway

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I really do not understand the Roman Catholic Church policy of excommunicating persons for doing evil. Does the Bible not teach that we are ...
2009-03-06

Mayor's Task Force Misses The Point

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According to the Ottawa Citizen "The mayor's task force on governance found that city council does not operate effectively and cann...
2009-03-05

Today's Bus Ad

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2009-03-04

Submission re: South March Highlands Conservation Forest Management Plan Draft Trail Plan

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This document is being submitted to the City of Ottawa South March Highlands Conservation Forest Management Plan public consultation process...
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Richard W. Woodley was born in Sudbury, Ontario in 1950. He earned an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Laurentian University where he was the News Editor of the student newspaper Lambda and active in student politics. He was active in the New Democratic Party and Waffle in Sudbury and Kanata, as well as Kanata municipal politics. He was a member of the Bridlewood Residents Hydro Line Committee (BRHLC) and creator of the now archived Bridlewood Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) Information Service. He worked on Parliament Hill for 33 years indexing the Debates of the House of Commons (Hansard) and it's committees. Richard has been an outdoorsperson and environmentalist for most of his life and a life long cyclist.
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