Marketplace

Season 52

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 52

15 Episodes

  • Truckload of Trouble
    E1
    Truckload of TroubleTrucking is the lifeline of Canada's economy, and as the country faces a shortage of drivers, Marketplace uncovers shocking details about how some unqualified new recruits are finding their way onto our roads.
  • Halal Claims Exposed: Testing Canada’s fast food chains
    E2
    Halal Claims Exposed: Testing Canada’s fast food chainsWe expose an unregulated halal certification system that raises doubts when it comes to how much you can trust what you’re being told at some of the most popular restaurants.
  • Stolen in Seconds: Why aren’t car makers doing more?
    E3
    Stolen in Seconds: Why aren’t car makers doing more?Marketplace compares Canada's most stolen vehicles to the same models sold in the UK and reveals how the same vehicles sold overseas have anti-theft measures that aren't provided in Canadian cars.
  • Access Denied: Back on the Case
    E4
    Access Denied: Back on the CaseFrom staff training to boarding procedures and the availability of lift equipment, Marketplace puts Air Canada to the test again with the help of Paralympian Brock Richardson.
  • Lousy Labels: What's in our food?
    E5
    Lousy Labels: What's in our food?Marketplace debunks food marketing claims and exposes Canada’s weak labelling rules.
  • A company profiting from a boy's illness
    E6
    A company profiting from a boy's illnessA collage of Marketplace investigations comes together when a father finds his disabled son's story being used to sell a bogus product that claims to remove everything from pesticides to bacteria, including E.coli, from food.
  • Tipped off
    E7
    Tipped offMarketplace visits 100 businesses, and counts up where all your tips are going. In some provinces, it’s illegal for companies to pocket tips but we reveal it's happening anyway.
  • Cause for Paws: The rising cost of pet care
    E8
    Cause for Paws: The rising cost of pet careMarketplace reveals the growing number of vet clinics being bought up by corporations across the country and reveals how those takeovers are driving up cost of care across Canada.
  • Exposing The Celebrity Sell: Home Edition.
    E9
    Exposing The Celebrity Sell: Home Edition.Celebrities including Mike Holmes and former CFL player Graeme Bell make the pitch for renovations and custom home builds done right but a long list of customers with home build and reno nightmares shows that even though they make the pitch to trust them, there is little accountability when things go wrong.
  • Sale or Fail?
    E10
    Sale or Fail?Marketplace tracks sale items at popular stores for more than six months, revealing false discounts, and some products that are advertised on big sales days, but are actually cheaper during other times of the year.
  • The Changemakers: Your voice, our fight
    E11
    The Changemakers: Your voice, our fightMarketplace reveals the investigations have led to change. From removing unsafe products from store shelves to changing government and company policies, we take viewers on a journey of some of our most memorable and meaningful moments. Reporter: Charlsie Agro
  • Turning up the Heat
    E12
    Turning up the HeatMarketplace investigates the murky world of home heating deals to reveal how consumers who sign up for savings are getting surprises instead, locked into onerous loans that come with broken promises of rebates, energy savings and free service – as calls grow for better consumer protection.
  • Gaming the System
    E13
    Gaming the SystemMarketplace investigates how much information you're giving away when playing mobile games, and where that information ends up. We uncover the methods app developers use to keep kids playing for as long as possible – and expose loopholes in the laws meant to protect children's privacy.
  • The Secret Cost of Housing
    E14
    The Secret Cost of HousingMarketplace uncovers sex-for-rent ads online that target young women; experts call these arrangements illegal and exploitative; responding to more than a dozen ads, revealing the disturbing trend and confronting those involved.
  • Scam Stoppers: The Ultimate Showdown
    E15
    Scam Stoppers: The Ultimate ShowdownJoining forces with top scambusters to take on scammers from around the world, the team cracks into networks of organized crime groups, watching some through their own security cameras, and confronts fraudsters in real time.

 

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