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.

2009-04-30

And Then God Created The Tar Sands

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And then god created the tar sands and placed them beneath the ground, while the dinosaurs roamed above, and instructed his followers to des...
2009-04-29

Mind Your Own Business

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If you work for Siemens Building Technologies and you see people breaking the law, and they are doing it right beside a sign advising them t...
2009-04-20

Completing The Cuban Revolution - An Open Letter to Raul and Fidel Castro

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The time is ripe for the completion of the final stages of the Cuban Revolution and the transition to a truly democratic and socialist soc...
2009-04-08

South March Highlands Trail Plan – Where Are The Environmentalists

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Foreword: After having time to reflect on the March Open House and read over more carefully the Display Boards, that are now posted on the ...
2009-04-07

South March Highlands Management Plan Information Update

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The City of Ottawa has finally posted the information presented at the March Open House on it's website. Please note in particular the m...
2009-04-02

Legalizing Spousal Rape In Afghanistan – Not So Foreign to Canadian Law

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As the CBC reports , Afghanistan's proposed law to legalize spousal rape, or to put it in other terms “make it illegal for women to refu...
2009-04-01

Ottawa Mayor Larry O'Brien Resigns

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In a statement issued 2009-04-01 00:01, Mayor Larry stated: The time for me to step down has come. When I first decided to give up my posit...
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...
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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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