As Saskatchewan’s Opposition presses a government backbencher to release receipts showing he paid out of his own pocket for private flights to attend government events, a policy expert says the criticism amounts to political posturing unless evidence emerges that public dollars were used.

Kevin Weedmark, Saskatchewan Party MLA representing Moosomin-Montmartre, says he paid out of pocket for flights across the province to attend government events on Aug. 27.

The assertion follows mounting questions from the NDP after a now-deleted “day in the life” video from a person travelling with Weedmark was posted to social media.

Weedmark says it would…

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