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Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi made it clear Friday that he’s no fan of the Buffalo Declaration, a document signed by four Alberta Conservative MPs that stoked further discussion of a potential western separatist movement.

He invoked pop star Taylor Swift in his response to the Buffalo Declaration, telling its signatories, including Calgary Nose Hill MP Michelle Rempel Garner, “You need to calm down.”

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“This sort of overheated rhetoric doesn’t create a single job. In fact, it does the opposite. It scares investors away because there’s political uncertainty going forward,” Nenshi said. “I am 100 per cent focused with every breath I’ve got on rebuilding the economy in Alberta and building up quality of life for Calgarians, and I wish that other politicians would focus on that.”

The mayor also insinuated that the declaration shows that Rempel Garner, who hasn’t yet ruled out a run for federal Conservative leader, isn’t serious about leadership.