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RIDING ON RISK  |  Originally aired September 25, 2009 on CBC-TV
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Riding on Risk
A new season of the fifth estate debuts with startling and disturbing allegations about the people we depend on to ensure our safety when we fly. Documents obtained by the fifth estate warn that security at Canada's biggest airport is being compromised because security and safety regulations are being circumvented in favour of profit and convenience. Hana Gartner talks to Transport Canada whistle blowers and to the minister of Transport Canada about these allegations.
Riding on Risk Credits

producer/director
MARIE CALOZ

written by
HANA GARTNER

associate producer
LYNETTE FORTUNE

editor
LIZ ROSCH

cinematography
PAUL SEELER

additional camera
SAT NANDLALL
JANET KIMBER
JOE PASSARETTI

audio
MICHEL CHAMPAGNE
KARNDEEP JASSAL
LARRY KENT
JOE PASSARETTI

graphic designers
TIM KINDRACHUK
AMEDEO DE PALMA

audio mix
STEPHEN STEPANIC

colourist
PETER JORGENSEN

archival material
CTV ARCHIVES

special thanks
RICHARD BALNIS
COASTAL GEOSCIENCE RESEARCH CORPORATION
LILIANNE LANGEVIN

website producer
ROBERT BALLANTYNE

website coordinator
ELEANOR BESLY

promotions producer
LEANNE STEPNOW

unit manager
TREVOR A. GRANT

travel coordinator
DEBORAH CARTER

theme music
BRUCE FOWLER
MODULAR MUSIC INC.

opening animation design
DOUG TEMPLE
TITUS HORA
PETER KOVALIK

makeup artist
ANDREA ROY

studio technicians
RICHARD AGECOUTAY
MARTIN DEVENYI
KARNDEEP JASSAL
CHRIS PAPADOPOULOS
STEPHEN PLOTKIN
CARLY THORNE

electronic titles
ANTONIETTA CHIMIENTI

associate director
ELLEN ARMSTRONG

packaging editor
KATHRYN PRIESTMAN

music consultant
PATRICK RUSSELL

visual research
LESLIE MORRISON

resource coordinator
VICTOR KERR

coordinating producer
BRIGITTE AYOTTE-THOMPSON

senior editor
NEIL DOCHERTY

executive producer
SALLY REARDON

 
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