TRAGEDY IN BANGLADESH: HOW MUCH DID CANADIAN RETAILERS KNOW?

A lot of our clothes bear the label ‘made in Bangladesh’. But before the deadly collapse of a garment factory there last April, most of us never thought about the people who make them. After clothes bound for Canada were found in the rubble of Rana Plaza, Canadian companies reacted with surprise - how could such a tragedy happen?

the fifth estate’s Mark Kelley went to Bangladesh and tracked down workers who say they are still forced to make clothes for Canada in dangerous conditions. And Kelley goes behind bars for an exclusive interview with the jailed owner of one of the biggest factories inside Rana Plaza, who details his long-standing, multi-million dollar connections to Canada.

Made in Bangladesh airs on the fifth estate, Friday, Oct. 11 at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT) on CBC-TV.

Click here to watch a preview of Made in Bangladesh.

For almost four decades, the fifth estate has been Canada’s premier investigative documentary program, acquainting viewers with a dazzling parade of political leaders, shady characters and ordinary people whose lives were touched by triumph or tragedy. The tradition of provocative and courageous journalism, which began with Adrienne Clarkson, Warner Troyer and Peter Reilly on Sept. 16, 1975, continues unabated with the current team of Linden MacIntyre, Bob McKeown, Gillian Findlay and Mark Kelley.

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