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.

2011-09-18

The Most Annoying Thing About Cycling in Ottawa: Postscript

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I was riding the shared bike path along the Ottawa River today and across from the War Museum on the pathway I noticed three yellow dots sim...
2011-09-11

Thinking It Through Brings Clarity

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So what is an atheist who believes in a single secular public school system supposed to think about noon hour Muslim prayers in public schoo...
2011-09-07

The Most Annoying Thing About Cycling in Ottawa

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We all agree that Ottawa is a great place for cycling, but it is not perfect. Apart from the fact that the City of Ottawa and NCC have to do...
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2011-09-05

Realigning Canada's Political Spectrum

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Canadians have traditionally held social democratic values while supporting centrist political parties. Canadians support universal single p...
2011-09-04

Celebrating the Natural World @ Beaver Pond Park - Schedule and Photo Contest

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Algonquin Union Presents: “A Living Temple” - South March Highlands Honouring Grandfather William Commanda Beaver Pond Park (end of Wal...
2011-09-02

Richard's GPS Trail Maps Website Adds South March Highlands Maps

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I have added the following maps of the South March Highlands (SMH) trails to my Richard's GPS Trail Maps website. South March Highla...
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2011-08-31

Riding the Desecration Highway

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This afternoon I rode over from Bridlewood, via the Trans-Canada Trail, Huntmar Drive and Old Carp Road, to the South March Highlands K2 tra...
2011-08-28

A Manifesto For Social Democracy

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2011-08-23

Algonquin Union Presents: Celebrating the Natural World @ Beaver Pond Park

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“A Living Temple” – South March Highlands Honouring Grandfather William Commanda Beaver Pond Park (end of Walden Dr., Kanata) Saturday...
2011-08-22

Jack Layton - In His Own Words

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August 20, 2011 Toronto, Ontario Dear Friends, Tens of thousands of Canadians have written to me in recent weeks to wish me well. I ...
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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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