He won’t resign, yet day after day members of the public are exposed to the allegations of sexual assault of a minor, and of inappropriate behaviour during Calgary City Councillor Sean Chu’s time as a City of Calgary police officer.

Chestermere-Strathmore MLA Leela Sharon Aheer, as the former Minister of Multiculturalism, Culture, and the Status of Women reacts to the topic of sexual assault in Alberta today and the case of Chu who she says was at one time a good friend.

“I didn’t know that this was going on,” said Aheer.

She spoke of the age of consent and Chu’s alleged abuse of a minor while he was in a position of power.

Chu was found guilty of discreditable conduct for touching a 16-year-old in 1997. Chu was 34 years old at the time and a CPS officer. The female says she was sexually assaulted at Chu’s home.

Aheer says the girl was 16 at the time and now she might be re-traumatized again. “He was in a position of authority,” she said.

“I, as a politician am in a position authority. As a teacher, I sat in a position of authority. A child does not have the capacity under the law, this is not my personal statement, but under the law, to be able to determine consent when there is a person of authority who is asking for that consent,” she said.

“The question you have to ask yourself is, does this young person, this child, this 16 year old, was she given same privileges that Sean Chu was in order to defend her position because she obviously came forward and said that it was assault at that time?”

“Was she given the same privilege of doing a polygraph, was she's given this same privilege of having counsel to defend her? Did she have a group of people standing around her defending her at the age of 16, and he was 34. There is such a disconnect there,” she said.

“I think it's absolutely imperative you need to know to whom you are giving your vote.”

“That's why this is particularly hard for me, because I truly believe that when people tell their truths about what's gone on and they understand justice, and they understand that it takes time and wisdom and patience to be able to go through those things, and we want to see people tell their truth. This poor child at the time did not have that option.”

“As I understand it she has tried multiple times to reopen the case and try and get this thing done properly so that she could get some justice,” said Aheer. “I feel for her my heart goes out to her.”

She also touched on the current investigation of sexual assault of Kyle Beach and the Chicago Blackhawks organization.

"To everybody who's listening and to anybody who is a survivor of who's gone through this, I want you to know that we get it and that I understand and that people understand that your stories are meaningful and they mean something and that you shouldn't have to go through this alone. You shouldn't have to hide it,” she said.

“It is not on you and the courage that you have, whether that is staying just in your space and surviving from day-to-day, or whether that's you coming forward with a lawsuit, or being put in a situation where you're having to tell your truth, whether you want to or not, I just want to say how much I honour all of you and how much this matters and how much systemic change needs to happen,” said Aheer.

“It happens everywhere in all parties and in places of power, and if we're going to see that culture shift happen, we have a responsibility, every single one of us to see that happen,” she said.