Join or Sign In
Sign in to customize your TV listings
By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy.
18 Episodes 2022 - 2023
Episode 1
Revealing the tools used to get the goods and the impact of previous investigations.
Episode 2
We went undercover to investigate how networks of real estate agents, mortgage brokers and bank employees are perpetrating mortgage fraud for a fee, and securing their own commissions by submitting forged documents for approval. Some Canadians may have no idea they're taking part in this fraud, which is leaving some of this country's most vulnerable people - and their greatest investments - at risk.
Episode 3
As escalating wait times for "elective" surgery cause Canadians undue pain and suffering, Marketplace investigates solutions, including new funding models and even private care to ensure timely treatment.
Episode 4
Analyzing the "health halo" of Sensible Portions Veggie Straws, Welch's Fruit Snacks, Bolthouse Blue Goodness juice, Fibre 1 Brownies, and Kellogg's Vector cereal. The installation of a HEPA filter by Ontario Green Savings leads to a lien on a home. Consumer Protection Ontario fails to act on that complaint, of 400 others that the CBC discovered through an Freedom of Information request. They can only help when the company will actively co-operate. The government has laid dozens of charges against the company and its director in 2019, with $2.2 million since then; the case has yet to come to court. Kaleedd Rasheed, the minister in charge of the case, won't speak on camera.
Episode 5
A follow-up on a show from the previous season about moving scams. Largely repeats their previous investigation, but shows footage of a police raid and David Common chasing the culprits, as they make bail.
Episode 6
Episode 7
Episode 8
We investigate CDI College and uncover a pattern of using misleading information to enroll students. We document the questionable claims about accreditation and reveal the real cost of dropping out. Titled "Undercover investigation: CDI College caught misleading students" online.
Episode 9
CBC Marketplace found that some healthy-sounding food from popular restaurant chains - Boston Pizza, Earls Kitchen + Bar, Joey Restaurants, Milestones Grill and Bar, Jack Astor's Bar and Grill, and Kelseys Original Roadhouse - contain high amounts of sodium, some even exceeding Health Canada's recommended daily limit. In Canada, this information isn't listed on the menu in a restaurant.
Episode 10
Episode 11
Investigating the Doc of Detox, who promises to cure serious ailments with his supplements and specialized devices; revealing the false claims and speaking to those who regret subscribing to his treatment.
Episode 12
Episode 13
Venues in Niagara Falls falsely claim that the a tourist fees are a tax that goes to the business owner. Unlike previous years that Marketplace previously investigated, the fees are now presented as mandatory, and have gone up. "The Perfect Gift," run by the People's Trust Company, charges a $3 service monthly service fee on its Visa and Mastercard branded gift cards, a year after activation. A look at the 3% "The Honest to Goodness Fee" at Chuck's Roadhouse. On CBC News' YouTube channel under the title "Sneaky fees: How restaurants, gift cards and tourist attractions are costing you more."
Episode 14
Episode 15
Episode 16
Hidden palm oil in common products. Dog DNA services provide questionable results. One brand, Accu-metrics, reports that a pure bred, prize-winning Great Dane was a Chihuahua, simply because CBC said so in the questionnaire. DNA My Dog and Accu-metrics both identify host Travis Danraj as a dog.
Episode 17
Episode 18
Some seniors across Ontario are at risk of losing their homes in an elaborate scam that involves door-to-door equipment rental contracts, low quality renovations and unaffordable high-interest mortgages. Marketplace speaks to people who feel they've been scammed, some on the brink of losing their homes and someone who already has.