Marketplace: Canada's consumer watchdog, we've got your back. Watch Fridays at 8 p.m., 8:30 p.m. in Newfoundland and Labrador
Credits
producer
  VIRGINIA SMART
host
  TOM HARRINGTON  
senior researcher
  MARLENE McARDLE
visual researcher
  ARTHUR SCHWARTZEL
editor
  ALAN JONES
camera
  BILL ARNOLD
additional camera
  PAUL BORKWOOD
HANS VANDERZANDE
sound
  KARNDEEP JASSAL
JEFF MacFARLANE
NATHAN POSTMAN
MARY WONG
sound mix
  MIKE BROWN
graphics
  KARI MINCHIN
website producer
  ROBERT BALLANTYNE
executive producer
  TASSIE NOTAR
Broadcast Date: January 27, 2012
Recent Episodes
  • Canada has the highest rate of hospital acquired infections in the developed world, and Canada's consumer watchdog wants to know why. Erica Johnson puts hospital cleanliness to the test, and finds a mess that is making you sick.

  • Dirty Hospitals
  • Going on vacation? Think travel health insurance is going to protect you if something goes wrong? Erica Johnson investigates.

  • Tripped Up
  • In this special one-hour edition of 'Marketplace,' Tom Harrington tests the skills and ethics of home repair services.

  • When The Repairman Knocks
  • Why are prescription eyeglasses so darned expensive? In an eye-opening report, Tom Harrington focuses in on the outrageously high price of spectacles.

  • Framed
  • Tom Harrington and the 'Marketplace' team go undercover, targeting the dubious promises of a job search agency.

  • Recruitment Rip-Off
  • Tom Harrington reveals the story of how, for many unwilling clients, Canada's largest lawn care company has become a more invasive pest than the ones they promise to get rid of.

  • Snake In The Grass
  • Are all airline travel credits created equal? Erica Johnson investigates the credit policies of the top three Canadian airlines.

  • Busted - Air Canada
  • In this year's Top 10 countdown of Lousy Labels, Erica Johnson finds the truth behind the latest buzzwords on food packaging. It will make you think twice before filling up your shopping cart.

  • Lousy Labels: Health Hype
  • Are forest eco-labels worth the (toilet) paper they're printed on? Tom Harrington investigates.

  • The Toilet Paper Chase
  • 'Marketplace' blows the roof off of one of Canada's worst landlords. Tom Harrington exposes renter horror stories, and asks: How can the company get away with this?

  • What FX?
  • It's Canada's top-selling cold remedy, but does COLD-FX really do what the company claims? Erica Johnson puts it to the test. Also, what does Don Cherry have to say?

  • What FX?
  • 'Marketplace' launches our 39th season with a special one-hour episode that takes on Canada's major store chains.

  • Canada's Worst Customer Service
  • 'Marketplace' showcases its new season, and updates a story we first reported last year on the potential risk of popular birth control pills.

  • Spinning A Pill (Update)