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There are three petitions generating a heated debate on whether the Calgary International Airport should be renamed for outgoing Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

R. Curtis Mullen, a transplanted Canadian now living in the United States, set off the debate by creating the original petition on Sunday.

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“As Prime Minister Harper was the longest serving prime minister from Western Canada, let us honour his accomplishments by renaming the Calgary airport in his honour,” wrote Mullen.

As of Tuesday afternoon, Mullen’s petition had 3,148 signatures out of his goal of 15,000.

“Best prime minister Canada or the world has ever seen. If Montreal and Toronto can name their airport after a Liberal, then Calgary should be able to choose Harper,” writes Matthew Rattray from Ontario.

Not everyone was taking the petition seriously.

“I fully support renaming the Calgary landfill and/or sewage treatment plant after the greatest leader since Monica Lewinsky was president,” added someone identifying as Pierre Poutine from Saskatchewan.