CALGARY — The University of Calgary says it will do what is necessary to ensure that a speech by American right-wing pundit Ann Coulter goes off without a hitch.

A planned speech Tuesday by Coulter at the University of Ottawa was abruptly cancelled when hundreds of screaming students staged a protest.

Coulter's people called the demonstration a security threat.

Alan Harrison, the provost of the University of Calgary, says security will be increased because of what happened in Ottawa.

Harrison says he wants to ensure that everyone is safe and that Coulter receives the same respect for her views as anyone else would.

He says it is not the university's role to determine in advance what she may or may not say.

Coulter said she has no concerns about her safety while in Calgary.

"No. That's not really my job," she said Wednesday afternoon at Calgary International Airport.

"I've heard that (Calgary is a more conservative city). Already I feel safer and look at how nice all of you are."

When asked about concerns that she would be promoting hate in her talk Thursday, she replied: "Hate-mongering? I might fly a plane into a building."