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A former top military adviser who was on an infamous Canadian Forces junket that resulted in a sex assault charge being laid against a former NHL player, and complaints about harassment of flight attendants, is now working as a consultant for the military’s sexual misconduct response team.

Former Chief Warrant Officer Kevin West, who retired last year, acknowledged there have been questions about why he didn’t act during what has been dubbed by military personnel as the “party flight.”

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But West, who now has a contract advising the Canadian Armed Forces Strategic Response Team on Sexual Misconduct, said he never saw anything untoward on the flight and wasn’t aware a flight attendant complained she had been sexually assaulted.

If he had been aware, he would have acted, West told Postmedia in his first interview about the controversial junket. “I can’t do anything about something I didn’t know (about),” said West, who as the Canadian Forces chief warrant officer had the job to advise the country’s top soldier about the morale and welfare of non-commissioned members. “I wish I had known. I would stopped everything right there. More action would have been taken.”