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.

2022-01-15

Intuitive Lessons from The Pandemic – A Fantasy

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This post is not based on comprehensive research or particular expertise on my part. Rather it is more what we would have called “common sen...
2021-12-10

Quebec’s Bill 21 Has It All Wrong

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I am writing this, not because Quebec’s “ An Act respecting the laicity of the State ”, commonly referred to as Bill 21, goes against Canad...
2021-12-06

The Communist Family

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From each according to his ability To each according to his needs * If you did not know the source of this you could easily mistake i...
2021-11-18

End of Cycling Season Review Featuring Norco Scene VLT E-bike

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Overview As we approach the time to put away the summer bikes and bring out the winter bikes it is time to review the past season. ...
2021-09-24

Now Comes The Necessary Part

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 We can argue all we want over whether the election was necessary but what is definitely necessary is the government tackling the pressing i...
2021-08-26

Ban Campaign Promises and other Electoral Rants

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Campaign promises. What are they good for. Absolutely nothing. I wish we could get rid of campaign promises. If you are in government t...
2021-08-20

How Should We Judge Historical Figures

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Should historical figures be judged by the best things they have done or the worst. Should they be judged by the standards of today or of th...
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2021-07-10

Follow The Fifth Columnist on Twitter Over The Summer

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For the past two years I have kept to my goal of posting at least once a month but it seems this summer outdoors activities, mostly biking, ...
2021-05-17

Climate Change, The Pandemic and Multi-Use Pathways (MUPs)

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The greatest long term threat to humankind is undoubtedly climate change. While the planet can no doubt survive anything short of a collisio...
2021-05-03

The Argument for White Supremacy

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It seems that the main argument of the white supremacists is that white western European countries would not have conquered the world if the...
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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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