Hockey Canada has had repeated opportunities to take actions or make statements intended to show an angry public that they take the matter seriously and want to take steps to change their organizational culture, to try and make sure these kinds of events don't happen anymore. They just have to say they're going to try, demonstrate some contrition and earnestness, and show a plan. Then follow up and show progress.
No one expects them to solve the societal problem of sexual assault. What people do expect of them is to make statements demonstrating that they agree that sexual assault is a problem, a problem that they as an organization find unacceptable, and a problem that they are committed to address within their own organization, with a roadmap of what that looks like, and some goals and objectives around that roadmap that the public could hold them accountable to.
That would have bought them some good will.
Instead, they have taken every opportunity to make denials, act defensive, deflect, and in general, demonstrated a degree of tone deafness that has poured gasoline on the whole thing every time they've opened their mouths.
The proof is in the porridge, to quote Rhett Warrener. And this is some ugly porridge.
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