Topic: Bill C 18

Google is running tests to limit news access for 4% of Canadian users in response to Bill C-18, the Online News Act, which would force tech giants to compensate media outlets for links. Expert Michael Geist warns that if the bill passes, Google and Facebook may stop linking to Canadian news entirely to avoid paying 35% of news expenditures. The legislation is criticized as a misunderstanding of how the internet functions, potentially harming the very news organizations it intends to help.

The "Fix Gun Checks Act of 2013" relies on definitions established in the 1993 Brady Bill, specifically the term "mental defective." Federal law prohibits firearm sales to individuals adjudicated as a danger to themselves or others due to subnormal intelligence or mental illness. The hosts argue this broad definition allows for significant government overreach in determining who is fit to own a gun.