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.

2025-07-27

I’m Supposed to Write a Blog Post Today

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When I rebooted this blog in the fall of 2018 I made a commitment to post at least once a month and so far I have kept that promise to mysel...
2025-06-18

Portugal Bike Tour Slideshows

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These photos were taken during the excellent  Pedal and Sea Adventures    Portugal’s Blue Coast Cycling Tour  featuring excellent guides and...
2025-06-01

The Non-Profit Small Business Model

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The non-profit small business model provides interest free start-up loans to individuals or groups who apply to start a non-profit business....
2025-05-09

The Next Four Years: An Opportunity for the New Democratic Party

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The last election may have been an electoral disaster for the NDP but it is also an opportunity that should not be passed by. Indeed th...
2025-04-18

Lambda Posters Year Four 1972-1973

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This is part of a series of blog posts featuring posters published in the Laurentian University (Sudbury, Ontario) student newspaper, Lambda...
2025-04-15

Lambda Posters Year Three 1971-1972

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This is part of a series of blog posts featuring posters published in the Laurentian University (Sudbury, Ontario) student newspaper, Lambda...
2025-04-13

Lambda Posters Year Two 1970-1971

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This is part of a series of blog posts featuring posters published in the Laurentian University (Sudbury, Ontario) student newspaper, Lambda...
2025-04-11

Lambda Posters Year One 1969-1970

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This is part of a series of blog posts featuring posters published in the Laurentian University (Sudbury, Ontario) student newspaper, Lambda...
2025-03-06

Canada Needs a Red-Orange-Green National Unity Government

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At a time when the country that has been our best friend, ally, and international partner for longer than we have been a country has decided...
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2025-02-13

A Radical Idea to Return to Government by The People Rather Than by One Person

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In the United States today perhaps we are seeing the epitome of government by one person, at least in countries that claim to be democracies...
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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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