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.

2011-07-31

Ottawa: Proud of It's Municipal Water Supply and It's Pathways - The Disconnect

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Ottawa is very proud of the quality of it's municipal drinking water supply and goes to great lengths to assure people they do not need ...
2011-07-24

Scary Bear Soundtrack Performs "Beaver Pond Forest"

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I recently had the opportunity to hear Scary Bear Soundtrack perform both their acoustic and rock versions of "Beaver Pond Forest"...
2011-07-21

Riding on the Hottest Day of the Year

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Knowing it was supposed to be the hottest day of the year I decided it would be a good day for a hybrid ride, but not being a fool I set out...
2011-07-20

Back From The Great Green North

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The Fifth Column has been idle for a few weeks because the Fifth Columnist has been on vacation in Northern Ontario. We spent about a week a...
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2011-06-22

Announcing Kanata's Paradise Lost - World's First World Heritage Subdivision

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The following is a fable, but like all fables it contains hidden (and not so hidden) truths. Yes, for the first, and undoubtedly last time i...
2011-06-17

108 Kilometres and 5 Pounds Later (Ottawa River Pathways Hybrid Epic Ride)

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Well it has actually been a few years since I have done an Epic (Over 100 kilometre) Hybrid Ride and I have been wanting to find out just ho...
2011-05-28

The NDP, The Quebec Question and 50% + 1

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Much has been made of Jack Layton's "controversial" comments on a possible Quebec sovereignty referendum . The fact is that it...
2011-05-27

Reflections on Mapping the South March Highlands Kanata Lakes Trails

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For purposes of simplicity, although both trail systems are within the South March Highlands, I will refer to these trails, across from the ...
2011-05-19

Obama Gets it Right on Palestine

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President Obama understands what I wrote three and a half years ago, that ending the Israeli Palestinian conflict depends on recognizing t...
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2011-05-13

And The Contempt Continues

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Before Parliament even resumes Cabinet Ministers are issuing decrees to Parliamentary committees: "Industry Minister Tony Clement said ...
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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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