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.

2021-02-24

The Unspoken Privilege – English Privilege

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We all know what White Privilege is but no one seems to speak about English Privilege. English privilege is simply the ability of Englis...
2021-02-13

Build a Better City – The Ultimate Reality Show

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The worlds biggest reality challenge - two groups of 10,000 workers in 100 groups of 100 each face of to see who can build the better city ...
2021-01-25

Does Canada Need a Head of State

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          From Twitter           Adrian Harewood           @CBCAdrianH           23 Jan           Why in 2021 is a Canadian Prime Minister, ...
2021-01-21

Sharing My Desktop PC Wallpaper Collections

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When I'm not mountain biking or cycling, mapping trails or ranting about political or social issues I may be taking photographs. The las...
2021-01-05

Bikes from Eh to Zed

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A bike  What everyone needs. Everyone should have a bike. B bike   Be at one with your bike. Be the bike. C bike   A homophonic cross refe...
2020-12-31

Happy New Years

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Community My New Years Resolution for our society is to no longer worship at the twin altars of individualism and technology but rather ...
2020-12-18

The Pensioner and the Pandemic

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This is the post I was going to write before I was rudely interrupted and told to lock myself in my room. I may indeed be the least af...
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2020-12-01

Money Cannot Buy Happiness But ...

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They say money cannot buy happiness but it certainly can buy food and shelter and education that can make the difference between misery and ...
2020-11-14

Can America Be Saved

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  I am writing this as a citizen of a world that no matter where we live are strongly impacted by whatever America does and whatever happen...
2020-10-02

The MEC Mess an Intuitive Understanding

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These comments are not based on any comprehensive analysis but rather my intuitive response to what has been filed in court and published o...
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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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