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Context: Prime Minister Harper recently made it a firing offence for anyone employed by the federal government to refer to it as the "Government of Canada". The correct terminology is now the "Harper Government".

Also, Mayor Ford of Toronto, a populist demagogue, has threatened to sic "Ford Nation" on Premier McGuinty in this fall's Ontario election if McGuinty doesn't give Ford lots of free money. Ford was elected after criticizing the previous mayor for asking the province for money. The coinage is a parallel on "Leafs Nation", a collective name for supporters of Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team.

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