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

Published: Jan. 16, 2018, 1:51 a.m.

b'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\\u2019s brewers have launched a campaign \\u2013 Axe the Beer Tax \\u2013 to raise awareness of this fact and in response to an automated \\u201cescalator\\u201d 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\\u2019s AFC and NFC divisional matchups and the NHL announcing the lineup for the 2018 All-Star game.'