Every company, every institution, every Government department has its secrets.
The Whistleblowers, is a six-part drama about corporate fraud, political deception and the cost of uncovering it all.
True whistleblowers have risked their careers, their reputations and even their lives to expose those secrets. And each episode of The Whistleblowers poses the question - could you?
How much would you risk?
If you knew the truth,
would you expose it?
airdate: Jan 22 9PM
Driving home from work, Ben and Alisha narrowly miss hitting a naked hooded man as he flees his captors. Turns out he is a suspected terrorist and in the wake of 9/11 is being held without charge and being tortured.
This episode is repeated Wednesday Jan 23 at 12AM
Activist Tyseer Aboulnasr discusses the importance of Canadian Civil Liberties as part of our national identity.
airdate: Jan 29 9PM
Ben and Alisha are caught up in a whirlwind of public hysteria as they struggle to convince a potential whistleblower to expose a giant pharmaceutical company. In order to make millions from a vaccine, the company is exacerbating the panic around a possible pandemic. What it does not want the public to know is that the virus was generated from an accident at one of their labs, an incident they are taking full advantage of. An incident for which three innocent people have already paid with their lives.
This episode is repeated Wednesday Jan 30 at 12AM
Medical Geographer Dr. Kristi Duncan talks about the real pandemic of 1918.
airdate: Feb 5 9PM
The tragic suicide of a teenage boy and his mother's determination to expose his school's failure to support her son draws Ben and Alisha into an investigation into the state of the education system. They uncover unexpected and worrying revelations surrounding the much-feted City Academy programme. Can schools run as businesses really put our children's education first?
This episode is repeated Wednesday Feb 6 at 12AM
"Famous Whistleblowers" Webisode:
Meet the real Whistleblowers who risked it all.
airdate: Feb 12 9PM
Ben and Alisha are contacted by Sara, an Immigration officer new to the service, who has been witnessing the illegal entry of immigrants for cash at the airport where she works. Having tried to speak out before, Sara turns to Ben and Alisha in desperation after a fatal shooting is found to be the result of an immigrant being smuggled into the country, putting everything on the line to expose the deep-rooted and unchecked corruption in the service before more people's lives are destroyed. This investigation goes much deeper than anyone expects, when the team reveals that this incident is linked to Government policies that have enormous implications for the future of a peaceful multicultural society.
This episode is repeated Wednesday Feb 13 at 12AM
"Border Security and Corruption" Webisode:
Dr. Arne Kislenko relates his experiences as a former Senior Immigration Officer at Toronto's Pearson International Airport.
airdate: Feb 19 9PM
Starters is the alcohol industry term for under age drinkers a potentially very lucrative market. So far, no one has been able to prove that companies market directly to this group, but with a Bill being brought into Parliament which may make things difficult for alcohol marketers, it is time for them to protect their darkest secrets. But how long can they keep them from Ben and Alisha
This episode is repeated Wednesday Feb 20 at 12AM
"Marketing and Underage Drinking" Webisode:
Marketing Guru Dr. Alan Middleton discusses marketing and underage drinking.
airdate: Feb 26 9PM
Ben and Alisha discover a big waste incineration plant is getting around the rules and selling on carcinogenic ash to the building trade at a profit. The investigation escalates when they realise this is not the only case of foul play at the plant, whose owners have big, Government-backed plans for expansion. Something else is causing a huge number of cancer cases in the surrounding area. When their main whistleblower dies and it seems it was no accident, Ben and Alisha feel the time is right for direct action to be taken once more. However, the stakes become unbearably high for the couple on a personal level, when Alisha discovers her father has links with the company they are trying to expose.
This episode is repeated Wednesday Feb 27 at 12AM