The legislation requires all domestically made firearms to be stamped with the manufacturer's name, a serial number and the word Canada or CA. Imported firearms would also be stamped with the year they were shipped to Canada. Delayed until 2018Earlier this month, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale announced that the firearm-marking regulations would be delayed once again. The document goes on to say that after consulting the RCMP, the Canada Border Services Agency and Global Affairs Canada, the existing scheme wouldn't result in improved public safety and that government will have to come up with another kind of marking scheme. It is also widely believed that markings would make firearms more expensive.

Source: CBC News May 31, 2017 20:26 UTC