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NDP Wants Receipts From Sask. Party MLA Who Chartered Private Jet
Weedmark says he paid the full charter cost himself after the NDP questioned a private jet trip that included stops in Lloydminster and Saskatoon.
- Moosomin-Montmartre MLA Kevin Weedmark defended using a private jet for August 27 events in Lloydminster and Saskatoon, asserting he paid for the charter personally with no taxpayer dollars involved.
- Opposition New Democrats questioned the necessity of the trip, with critic Meara Conway alleging the Manitoba-based Andrews Air Ltd. jet cost over $6,000 an hour and sent the wrong message.
- A deleted social media video triggered criticism, showing passengers enjoying high-end snacks, a restaurant lunch, and shopping at Aritzia, prompting the Opposition to demand receipts verifying payment.
- At the Legislature, Conway demanded Weedmark disclose trip costs, approval details, and the staffer's travel capacity, bluntly telling him to "Prove it" regarding his personal payment claim.
- This incident follows a pattern of the NDP challenging government spending on chartered flights in recent years, while critics noted that members of Premier Scott Moe's cabinet also attended the events.
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REGINA — Saskatchewan’s Opposition is calling on a government backbencher to show his receipts after he says he paid out of his own pocket for a private jet to criss-cross the province. Kevin Weedmark, the Saskatchewan Party legislature member for Moosomin-Montmartre, says he wouldn’t have been able to drive to all government announcements he committed to on Aug. 27, including one in Lloydminster on the boundary with Alberta. He also attended an…
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Opposition wants receipts from Saskatchewan politician who chartered private jet
REGINA - Saskatchewan's Opposition is calling on a government backbencher to show his receipts after he says he paid out of his own pocket for a private jet to criss-cross the province.
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