Scott Radley Show

Should governments have the power to ban "fake news"? Did you know you're paying 47% in taxes on beer? & Sports Talk with Don Robertson

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Brazil has announced that it will enact measures to identify and punish authors of fake news. This comes after French President Emmanuel Macron announced a plan to introduce legislation to block certain websites that are accused of spreading misinformation. How worried should we be about this? Guest: Allen Mendelsohn, lawyer and expert on internet law, teaches Cybersecurity and Privacy at the Faculty of Law at McGill University - How much of what you pay for beer is going toward taxes? Would you be surprised that Canadian consumers, on average, are paying 47% in taxes on beer? Canada’s brewers have launched a campaign – Axe the Beer Tax – to raise awareness of this fact and in response to an automated “escalator” that will lead to further increases to that tax rate as of April 1. Guest: Luke Harford, president of Beer Canada - Scott and Don Robertson of the Dundas Real McCoys chat about sports, including the weekend’s AFC and NFC divisional matchups and the NHL announcing the lineup for the 2018 All-S