Marketplace
Season 38
TV-G
This series focuses on consumer affairs and news. The regular features include short investigative documentaries, test of products and advertising claims and product warnings.
Where to Watch Season 38
13 Episodes
- Spinning A Pill & Busted: Incredible Shrinking Products
E3Spinning A Pill & Busted: Incredible Shrinking ProductsA controversial oral contraceptive called Yasmin has become the country's top-selling birth control pill. In the United States more than 4,000 women have taken legal action against the manufacturer, Bayer, and more than 800 in Canada have joined a class-action lawsuit. Co-host Erica Johnson meets young women who have taken Yasmin or its sister drug Yaz and experienced serious health problems, and asks why so many others are unaware of the health risks associated with these pills. - Superbugs in the Supermarket
E6Superbugs in the SupermarketCanadians are becoming increasingly resistant to antibiotics. As a result, people are getting sicker and are taking longer to get well. It is now not uncommon for people to be administered antibiotics through an IV because the usual drugs in pill form can't fight off their infections. While we've all heard that over-prescription of antibiotics to people is one cause of the resistance, what many Canadians don't know is that another major cause is because the animals we eat are also given large amounts of antibiotics. And not just when they're sick: healthy animals can be fed antibiotics every day because it makes them grow bigger, faster. In an important story about human health, and the food we eat, Marketplace tests 100 samples of chicken bought at major supermarkets from across the country. In Superbugs in the Supermarket, we name popular brands, and also reveal surprising information about organic poultry that claims to be raised without antibiotics. - Debt Collector Dread & Busted: Visa Gift Card
E9Debt Collector Dread & Busted: Visa Gift CardMore and more Canadians are living with debt. The latest figure puts Canadian consumer debt at around 1.5 trillion dollars. That's big money, and with rising default rates and late payments, collecting that debt can be difficult. Enter the debt collector. Debt collection can be a ferocious business, and while many collectors play by the rules, what happens when they don't? Viewers have sent us horror stories of collectors becoming wolves at the door -- hounding them with scare tactics. Some have been victims of mistaken identity, caught in a Kafkaesque nightmare, afraid to answer their phone; in other cases, they're chased by collectors when they don't even owe any money. No one is saying that it's okay to not pay your bills, but when collectors cross the line, can you count on the rules in your province to protect you? Erica Johnson investigates. - Canada's Worst Cellphone Bill: The Sequel
E10Canada's Worst Cellphone Bill: The SequelMarketplace is once again on a mission to find Canada's Worst Cellphone Bill. We revist Canada's cellphone industry and uncover more horror stories. Co-host Tom Harrington looks into some incredible cases, including a woman being asked to pay a cancellation fee even though she's being deported, and an octogenarian war veteran who's out of pocket because his minutes expired. Also, Harrington asks Industry Minister Tony Clement what the federal government is doing to protect Canadians with respect to the telecommunications industry.
