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.

2012-07-27

Ireland Bike Tour - Cycling Day 2, To The Burren Slide Show

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Today we did a circle route through the remarkable Burren , a landscape that almost defies description, although parts of Ottawa's Lime ...
2012-07-26

Ireland Bike Tour - Cycling Day 1, The Irish Landscape Slide Show

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Today we got setup on our bikes with our self-guiding instructions so we could ride on our own while Jeff went ahead with the van and then w...
2012-07-25

Ireland Bike Tour - Ennis Slide Show

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We arrived a few days early and got to know the town of Ennis which was full of stone walls, first thing we noticed, and lots of local shop...
2012-07-23

Ireland Bike Tour Overview

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In recalling our wonderful bike tour of Ireland at first it seems like one long uphill ride in the rain, the green being the only constant. ...
2012-07-21

Open Letter to the National Capital Commission re Lime Kiln Trail Fire

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The fire near the Lime Kiln Trail has been described as a tragedy. Perhaps not. If houses or roads had been built on the land it certainly w...
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2012-06-16

Religious Bullshit and Assisted Suicide Law Struck Down

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If you are a religious person you know that life is sacred and only god can decide when and how you will die. You also know that god has a...
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2012-06-11

The Bill That Couldn't Happen Here

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Back when I worked for the House of Commons, every time an Omnibus Bill was proposed (and the usual discussions and negotiations around spli...
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2012-06-10

God Created Adam and Eve Not Adam and Steve

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I'm really not sure why religious right wingers always seem to use this phrase in reference to the Adam and Eve story (as well as other ...
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2012-06-09

Endangered Species Legislation Wrong Approach

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Trying to protect endangered species is simply the wrong approach to protecting wildlife. What we do is allow open season on development/de...
2012-05-17

Heritage Minister James Moore Wrong on Sexhibit

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Heritage Minister James Moore is clearly wrong in his criticism of "Sex: A Tell-All Exhibition" at the Canada Science and Technolo...
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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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