An adult staffer with The Calgary Stampede's Young Canadians performing arts group sexually assaulted dozens of teens for more than 20 years before the organization did anything about it. This week, the Stampede accepted liability and negligence, announcing a settlement taking "full responsibility in the hopes of helping victims to heal."

3:00 | How does something as horrific as this happen for so long before it's stopped? Does a brand as powerful as the Stampede dodge true accountability? How can the Stampede make this right? Danielle Aubry, CEO of Calgary Communities Against Sexual Abuse, gets into the tough stuff. 

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39:55 | Calgary MP George Chahal says the federal government needs to pull funding from the Stampede until meaningful steps have been taken. He tells Ryan about some of the blowback he's received since making his statement. 

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