The City of Ottawa is continuing a workplace harassment investigation into an alleged attack on the fire department’s first openly non-binary firefighter, even while there are active criminal charges laid in the case.
Capt. Greg Wright, 59, is charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm for failing to provide the rookie with “medical attention.” Sources within the fire department say Wright was specifically chosen to be the supervisor of the department’s first openly non-binary member.
“While we respect the criminal process, we cannot fathom why he has been charged with this offence, having done nothing wrong,” his lawyer Joshua Clarke said. “It is our intent to challenge the Crown’s case if necessary.”
Clarke said he and his client “are optimistic this can be resolved relatively quickly.”
