Report calls for Russ Wyatt to publicly apologize to former city CAO Michael Jack [Video]

Russ Wyatt, the councillor representing Transcona, is refusing to apologize publicly to former City of Winnipeg Chief Administrative Officer Michael Jack after an integrity commission report found comments he made about Jack and another civil servant were ‘offensive, disrespectful and an attack.’

“I am going to stand up and speak my mind, and I am not apologizing,” Wyatt told CTV News on Friday. “I did nothing wrong.”

The integrity commissioner’s report, conducted by Edmonton-based investigator Jamie Pytel with Kingsgate Legal, found Wyatt’s comments in the media about Jack, who is listed as the complainant in the report, were ‘an attempt to use his authority for the purpose of intimidating, coercing, or influencing’ Jack to fire an employee. 

It also found Wyatt’s comments questioned Jack’s professional capacity and were a personal attack that amounted to harassment. 

Wyatt said Friday he told CTV News he was speaking his mind, which is what …