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Albertans paid for four premiers and two of their wives to take a July charter flight from Calgary to Saskatoon, documents revealed by the Opposition NDP show.

Conservative Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and his wife Krista Moe, Conservative New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs and his wife Marcia Higgs and former Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod were among the 15 people accompanying Alberta Premier Jason Kenney on a $16,764 charter flight, receipts show.

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Kenney said Thursday he would make no apologies for the expense, saying the visiting premiers were doing Albertans “a favour” by meeting in Calgary. A charter flight was the only way to get the group of like-minded premiers from an informal strategy meeting and Stampede photo opportunity in Calgary to a Council of the Federation meeting on time.

“We asked premiers to come to Calgary so we could show them a bit of Stampede hospitality so they could show Albertans their support for our energy sector, for our province at a time of adversity, so they did us a solid by coming out here.”