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The Fifth Estate Season 47 Episodes

11 Episodes 2021 - 2022

Episode 1

The Vaccine

Bob McKeown examines how a deal the Canadian government struck with a China-based company to create a COVID-19 vaccine fell apart, and why some say Ottawa should never have considered the deal in the first place.

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Episode 2

Amazon unpacked: The human cost of convenience

An examination of the treatment of employees of Amazon.com in Canada.

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Episode 3

Abandoned in Afghanistan: Canada's Failed Promise

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Episode 5

School of Secrets

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Episode 6

Finding School No. 4: WE Charity's donor deception in Kenya

WE Charity told a parliamentary committee it had built hundreds of schools in Kenya with donors' money. The Fifth Estate travelled to Kenya to see first-hand if the money raised matched the schools actually built.

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Episode 7

Come hell... B.C. under water

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Episode 8

Why Not in Winnipeg

Women who say former fashion mogul Peter Nygard sexually assaulted them tell The Fifth Estate they believe he hasn't been charged in his hometown because of his former star status and close connections to the city. In addition, an investigation by The Fifth Estate reveals a pattern of Nygard avoiding prosecution following allegations of rape reported to Winnipeg police over several decades. Shannon Moroney, author, trauma therapist and survivor advocate addresses key issues that survivors face in their pursuit of justice and healing. Attorneys, journalists and witnesses all comment on why Nygard should have been charged 40 years ago, and why he wasn't then, or now.

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Episode 9

Base of Hate: Inside Accelerationism

Leaked recordings and screen grabs take viewers inside a group with extreme right-wing views, to show how it targeted Canadians as recruits, the most high-profile was recently sentenced to several years in a US prison for a violent plot.

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Episode 10

The reckoning: Secrets unearthed by Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc

What was intended as a quiet attempt to learn if land on the reserve was a burial ground has become public and now the community at the centre of the discovery finds itself in the white-hot glare of the public.

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Episode 14

Priced Out: Canada's Rental Crisis

One in three Canadians rents their home; while much of the focus has been on the rising price of buying a home, rental prices are skyrocketing, too; examining what's driving rental prices up and what is driving some people out of their homes.

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Episode 15

Bait and switch: Recycling's dirty secrets

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