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Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi compared Donald Trump to a pernicious online commentator Tuesday after the U.S. Republican presidential candidate called for a total shutdown on Muslims entering the United States.

Trump’s campaign released the policy proposal Monday, saying the ban against Muslims was necessary until U.S. “representatives can figure out what is going on.”

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The statement from Trump, the current GOP presidential poll front-runner, provoked sharp criticism from Democrats as well as his Republican rivals.

A Trump spokeswoman, asked whether the ban would extend to other travellers, such as tourists and Muslim Americans returning from work or study abroad, was quoted in various media reports as saying: “Everyone.”

Nenshi, who became the first Muslim mayor of a major Canadian city in 2010, took to social media after the story broke, tweeting: “No one tell my mum and sister they have to cancel their Hawaii vacation.”