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Anderson said it appears the governing Progressive Conservatives were using the planes as “personal air limousines.”

“The PCs will undoubtedly try and pin this all on Ms. Redford and her departed staff as though they had absolutely nothing to do with it,” Anderson said.

“The fact is, there is simply no way that these actions could have been taken without other senior government staff and cabinet ministers knowing full well about it.”

Saher isn’t scheduled to release the report until next month, but a spokeswoman for Premier Dave Hancock said he would like the timeline pushed up. Kathleen Range said Hancock is concerned about the information in the leaked report, but she added he couldn’t comment until he has actually seen it himself.

“He’s concerned about the information and he does want to have that info in his hands as soon as possible,” Range said.

“We’re encouraging the auditor general to release the review and the report and the recommendations as soon as possible.”

Redford resigned as premier on March 23 amid caucus complaints about her lavish spending. It was Redford who, before she resigned, asked the auditor general to review the government’s flight program.

Her constituency office in Calgary said Tuesday that she wasn’t available for comment.

CBC News quoted the auditor’s report as saying that “false passengers” were booked on some government flights so Redford could fly alone.

The network said the auditor’s report also said Redford and her former chief of staff denied any knowledge of the altered passenger lists.