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Two of Calgary’s political heavy hitters are squaring off over the Conservative party’s handling of the niqab issue and subsequent comments from Conservative cabinet minister Jason Kenney created a firestorm on Twitter.

“It seems to me that it’s the mayor and people like him who are politicizing it. I don’t think this should be an issue of contention,” said Kenney.

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