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Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, perhaps forgetting he grew up on a farm in Saskatchewan where Varmint rifles are not exactly foreign objects, says anyone who thinks the Liberals’ new gun legislation is just another “back-door gun registry” is either “honestly misinformed or deliberately not telling the truth.”

But, when shops legally selling guns are compelled to keep a list of both their buyers and their inventory, what else would you call it?

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A compendium? A logbook? A rose by any other name?

There are a goodly number of rural federal ridings on the cusp, their residents having cast their votes in 2015 for the “sunny ways” of Justin Trudeau instead of again backing the dusty greyness of Stephen Harper and his Tories.

Ten years is a long time to be in power. Change for change’s sake is often a good enough excuse, but when a young charismatic leader with a famous surname pops up, the allure can be too sparkly to ignore.