MEDIA ADVISORY: Solo Appointed CEO of Federal Green Party Riding Association

SASKATOON, SK, May 1, 2013 - On May 1, 2013, Ashu M. G. Solo was appointed the new chief executive officer (CEO) of the Saskatoon-Humboldt Federal Green Party Association.  Also, he is now the highest ranking electoral district association agent for the federal Green Party in northern Saskatchewan. 

"I'm honoured to take over this position from Sandra Finley, who did an outstanding job," Solo said.

In this role, Solo will be trying for cooperation between the Green Party of Canada, New Democratic Party of Canada, and Liberal Party of Canada to prevent vote splitting on the left in northern Saskatchewan ridings and remove the Conservative Party of Canada from power.  Also, he will be running events to inform the public about various public policy issues.

Solo is available to the media for comment on any federal public policy issues for the Green Party of Canada. 

In the future, Solo will resign this position to run for the House of Commons.

Solo is well-known for his engineering and math research, over 425 publications, civil rights case about prayer recitations at government events, civil rights case about Christmas greetings on buses, complaint for online campaign advertising violations, and other progressive activism.  He has extensive published research in energy conservation.  Solo served honourably as an infantry officer (occupation) and platoon commander understudy (appointment) in the Canadian Army Reserve.

Further information:

Saskatoon-Humboldt Federal Green Party Association

Ashu M. G. Solo, Chief Executive Officer, amgsolo@gmail.com

MEDIA ADVISORY: City of Saskatoon Refuses to Participate in Mediation for Ashu M. G. Solo's Prayer Recitation Case

http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2013/18/c6451.html

MEDIA ADVISORY:  City of Saskatoon Refuses to Participate in Mediation for Ashu M. G. Solo's Prayer Recitation Case

SASKATOON, SK, April 18, 2013 /CNW/ - The Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission (SHRC) says the City of Saskatoon refused to participate in mediation for Ashu M. G. Solo's prayer recitation complaint against Councillor Randy Donauer and the City of Saskatoon (Mayor's Office), even after SHRC found reasonable grounds to believe that the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code may have been violated.

On April 18, 2012, Mayor Don Atchison called on Donauer to try to lead a diverse audience in a Christian prayer at a Volunteer Appreciation Banquet organized by the Mayor's Office.

Before proceeding to SHRC, Solo tried to resolve his complaint with Atchison and Donauer, but they wouldn't discuss it with him.  They also wouldn't discuss the issue with Justin Trottier, founder and advisor of the Centre for Inquiry Canada and board member of the Canadian Secular Alliance.

Solo will seek a judgment that bans prayer recitations at government organized events throughout Saskatchewan and that has persuasive value in other provinces too.

Further information:

Ashu M. G. Solo
amgsolo@mavericktechnologies.us

Justin Trottier
Canadian Secular Alliance
info@secularalliance.ca

MEDIA ALERT: City of Saskatoon Refuses to Participate in Mediation for Ashu M. G. Solo's Prayer Recitation Complaint with Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission

From: Ashu M. G. Solo [mailto:amgsolo@mavericktechnologies.us]
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 1:02 AM
Subject: MEDIA ALERT: City of Saskatoon Refuses to Participate in Mediation for Ashu M. G. Solo's Prayer Recitation Complaint with Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission

Dear Media:

Carol Riekman, early resolution facilitator at the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, has said that the City of Saskatoon has refused to participate in mediation for my prayer recitation complaint against Councillor Randy Donauer and the City of Saskatoon (Mayor’s Office) with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission.  I tried to resolve this complaint with Atchison and Donauer before proceeding to the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, but Atchison and Donauer wouldn’t discuss it with me.  Atchison and Donauer wouldn’t discuss the complaint with Justin Trottier, board member of the Canadian Secular Alliance, too.  The City of Saskatoon still won’t discuss this civil rights complaint with me even after the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission found that there is reasonable grounds to believe that the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code may have been violated with a prayer recitation at a municipal government event.  Therefore, I think a judge from the Court of Queen’s Bench will likely decide on this case.  I’m attaching a letter from the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission on the complaint process. 

Best regards,

Ashu M. G. Solo

MEDIA ALERT: Ashu M. G. Solo vs. City of Saskatoon (Mayor's Office) and Councillor Randy Donauer Proceeding to Mediation

From: Ashu M. G. Solo [mailto:amgsolo@mavericktechnologies.us]
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 7:44 PM
Subject: MEDIA ALERT: Ashu M. G. Solo vs. City of Saskatoon (Mayor's Office) and Councillor Randy Donauer Proceeding to Mediation

Dear Media:

My prayer recitation complaint against the Mayor's Office for the City of Saskatoon and Councillor Randy Donauer with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission (SHRC) will be proceeding to mediation on May 29, 2013.  On April 18, 2012, Mayor Don Atchison called on Councillor Randy Donauer to try to lead a diverse audience in a Christian prayer recitation at the annual Volunteer Appreciation Banquet organized by the Mayor’s Office.

I am attaching scans of a letter that I just received from the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission on the mediation and mediation agreement, a letter from the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission on the future process for dealing with complaints, and my formal complaint form.  They incorrectly wrote the file number in the second letter.  Also, the respondents should be listed as City of Saskatoon (Mayor’s Office) and Randy Donauer in all of the attached documents.  I asked them to change this in the mediation agreement.  The description of the violation in the formal complaint form was written by the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission based on the complaint that I filed.

I would have liked the mediation to be open to the media and public, but unfortunately the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission doesn't permit other people to attend.  Also, according to the attached mediation agreement, I'm not allowed to disclose any information obtained within mediation or disclose terms of settlement if a settlement is reached.

The Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission isn’t amalgamating my complaint about Christmas messages on programmable bus signs of Saskatoon Transit buses with this prayer recitation complaint into one case.

In resolving this case, I am unwilling to compromise on public prayer recitations being totally eliminated from City of Saskatoon events because this is an extremely discriminatory and bigoted practice.  A “universal” prayer recitation discriminates against agnostics and atheists, who are a large segment of the population.  If people want to pray before they eat, they can pray to themselves before they eat.  They don’t need an agent of the state leading them in a prayer.

I am unwilling to accept a moment of silence as an alternative to a prayer recitation because a moment of silence is also an effort by the government to get people to pray.  Therefore, it still violates the separation of religion and state and freedom from religion inherent to freedom of religion.  Government should not be in the business of encouraging or discouraging any religious practice, even when neutral to all religions because many people don’t practice any religion and many people believe that religions cause harm to society.  If people want to pray before they eat, they can take their own moments of silence.  There’s nothing stopping them.  There shouldn’t be an officially specified moment of silence.

I’ve received over 200 hate messages and over 5 threats and implied threats.  I can forward you some of these if you like.  There have been thousands of racist, bigoted, and hateful comments posted online about me and my civil rights cases.  Canadians should be extremely ashamed of how racist and bigoted this country is.  Religious liberty will defeat religious bigotry.

He who has the courage to stand firm on the ship of a righteous cause in a tumultuous and intolerant sea will weather the storm of bigotry and hatred and see the darkness of tyranny subside for the calm dawn of liberty. 

Atchison, Donauer, and my opponents are extremely petty for not agreeing to get rid of prayer recitations at City of Saskatoon events and forcing me to go to the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission.  If this case goes to trial, I seek a judgment that has the effect of banning prayer recitations at civic events throughout the province of Saskatchewan and that has significant persuasive value in other provinces too.

Further information on my civil rights cases and Code of Conduct complaint is available at http://atchison-discrimination.blogspot.ca. 

Best regards,

Ashu M. G. Solo

April Fool's Joke on John Gormley

Below is the April Fool's joke talked about by John Gormley on this segment of John Gormley Live:  http://ckom.com/sites/default/files/JGL%20OS_37.mp3

From: Ashu M. G. Solo [mailto:amgsolo@mavericktechnologies.us]
Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 9:02 PM
To: John Gormley
Subject: John, I filed a human rights complaint against you

APRIL FOOLS.

Ashu M. G. Solo

 

NDP video

Below are the two email messages read out by talk radio host John Gormley on March 12, 2013 in this segment of John Gormley Live:  http://ckom.com/sites/default/files/JGL%20OS_32.mp3

From: Ashu M. G. Solo [mailto:amgsolo@mavericktechnologies.us]
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 12:25 PM
To: John Gormley
Subject: NDP video

Hi John,

I heard you talking about me in an NDP video.  The progressive parties aren’t afraid of me like that loser you had on thinks.  I didn’t even want to be in that video.  A guy saw me watching the NDP leadership debate and begged me to say something for the video.  I turned him down because I was just there to watch the debate, but he kept begging me, so finally I did it.  They said that they were making a video collage of statements.  I haven’t publicly declared which party I’m a member of or whether I’m a member of any party.  I said a few lines about Saskatchewan and they must have taken an excerpt of that.  I have a lot of good high-ranking friends in the progressive parties who told me that they strongly agree with my civil rights cases, although they don’t talk have the guts to publicly talk about it like I do.  In fact, as I told you, I’ve been approached multiple times in the past year by agents of a national political party represented in the House of Commons to be a candidate for the federal parliament in the next federal election and I’m going to be a candidate for the House of Commons in the next federal election.  I’ll make a formal announcement stating the riding and party in the future.

Sincerely,

Ashu M. G. Solo

From: Ashu M. G. Solo [mailto:amgsolo@mavericktechnologies.us]
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 12:45 PM
To: John Gormley
Subject: RE: NDP video

And when I’m running for the House of Commons, I’m going to take bold progressive positions that other candidates don’t have the guts to take and propose a lot of innovative public policy ideas.  In the mean time, I’m launching more human rights complaints soon to advance the birthrights of liberty through the courts.  I have a list of about 20 civil rights cases that I want to do to create a more fair, just, and inclusive society, and I’m going to keep doing them forever.  I’ll send you the media advisories.

From: Ashu M. G. Solo [mailto:amgsolo@mavericktechnologies.us]
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 10:56 AM
To: John Gormle

Subject: RE: RE: NDP video

Hi John,

Just a few clarifications on what you talked about today on your show with respect to me.  The guy who wanted me in the NDP video knew who I was.  That’s why he was begging me to be in it.  In fact, they started the video recording with me saying my name.  In your conservative cocoon, you don’t see the kind of support that I have among strong progressives.  They treat me like a civil rights hero.  Some of the most prominent progressive politicians in this province have told me that they support my civil rights cases. 

The approximately 20 civil rights cases that I want to do are across the country, not just in Saskatchewan.  I’m taking this civil rights show on the road.  Some will be launched through the courts.  Some will be launched through different human rights commissions. 

Couros should get off his high horse about not calling people names.  Here he calls me “lonely,” but I’m not one to cry about it:  https://twitter.com/mcouros/status/279559967961403392  I have a thicker skin than that.

I’ll keep everybody guessing for now which party and riding I’m going to be a House of Commons candidate for. 

Sincerely,

Ashu M. G. Solo