REGINA, Sask. — Saskatchewan Party MLA Kevin Weedmark is denying an NDP claim that he used a private jet to travel from Moosomin to Saskatoon for a June 2025 event, saying he drove instead.
Speaking to reporters at the provincial legislature, NDP MLA Meara Conway discussed the flight path of a private jet that travelled round trip between Moosomin and Saskatoon on June 1, 2025.
That was the date of a welcome reception at the first ministers’ conference in Saskatoon, where photos show Weedmark next to Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, among others.
Data from flight-tracking website Flightradar24, as provided by the NDP, appears to show a Cessna Citation V flying from Moosomin — home of Weedmark’s Moosomin-Montmartre constituency office — to Saskatoon that afternoon, before returning later that night en route to its home base in Virden, Man.
“We have reason to believe this was Kevin Weedmark and, of course, if this wasn't him he can prove it today,” Conway said Monday.
In a statement emailed Monday from the account of Gene Makowsky, chief of staff in the Saskatchewan Party’s government caucus office, Weedmark was quoted as saying the NDP’s “latest attempted smear is a blatant lie."
“On June 1, 2025, I drove to Saskatoon to go to the reception for the First Ministers’ meeting, attended by all Canadian premiers and the Prime Minister. I did not fly to or from Saskatoon.”
The statement did not address whether anyone else connected to Weedmark was on the plane cited by the NDP and, if so, whether the plane was paid for with public dollars.
It’s the third private flight out of Moosomin the NDP has flagged as a matter of concern this month. The Opposition cited two videos last week appearing to show Weedmark using private jets for travel, first to Saskatoon last August and then this year to Saskatoon and Lloydminster on Aug. 27.
On the latter occasion, Weedmark said — also in an emailed statement from Makowsky’s office — that he chartered the plane in question “at my own personal expense” and that “there were no taxpayer dollars involved.”
Conway said Monday that the NDP estimates the cost of chartering the specific plane the party believes Weedmark used at a minimum of $6,000 per hour, potentially putting the total cost of the three flights well over $100,000.
Conway added that if Weedmark did in fact pay out of pocket for any transportation and was subsequently reimbursed by the legislative arm of the government, it will show up in Weedmark’s annual MLA expense disclosure. The next of those reports will cover the 2025-26 fiscal year, ending March 31, 2026, and is expected, Conway said, to be published by Oct. 1.
Written questions regarding the matter from the Opposition to both Weedmark and Premier Scott Moe, she continued, have gone unanswered to date.
“Did he get a deal? Because that would raise additional ethical questions, questions around disclosure,” said Conway. “Is that why Kevin Weedmark is not disclosing his receipts? Because he received some kind of gift or deal? The lack of answers, the lack of transparency, it sends a very concerning message. It sends the message that the Sask. Party and that Mr. Weedmark have something to hide here.
“And in the absence of those answers, people are starting to fill in the gaps. I'm starting to wonder, did something untoward happen here? Because they're not coming forward with basic answers.
“It's as easy as showing a receipt and proof of payment. End of story. But he won't do it. Why?”
A phone call and email from SaskToday to Weedmark's office requesting additional comment went unanswered as of publication time.
