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.

2022-04-23

How to Make Credit Card Purchases Safer – Banks, Are You Paying Attention

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Do you worry about the security of your credit card information when you provide it to lesser known merchants to make payments ? Do you worr...
2022-04-13

Now Comes The Necessary Part Ontario Edition

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Nevertheless, and irrregardless of and notwithstanding that federal-provincial jurisdiction exists the actions that are necessary for the n...
2022-03-03

Another Way of Looking at Political Parties in Canada

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With Pierre Poilievre as the Tory leadership front runner I anticipate the Conservative and People’s parties fighting for the right wing fr...
2022-02-20

Wondering Who to Support in the Ottawa Occupation

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Well, if the answer is not totally obvious this might help. The Voice of the Occupiers The Voice of the Occupied   No mor...
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2022-02-05

Much Ado About Truckers and Building a Canadian White Supremacist Fascist Movement

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So what is going on with the truckers. They are calling it a protest. But it is not like any protest I have ever been involved in. Prot...
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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...
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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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