 | Monday, November 23, 2020 | |  | | | TONIGHT ON THE FIFTH ESTATE | | | | | | Thirteen hours. 200 kilometers. 22 dead.
The time the gunman was on the loose. The distance he covered. The lives he took.
It was the worst mass shooting in Canadian history, and yet seven months later so little is known.
We’re launching a new season of The Fifth Estate this week (our 46th!) with an in-depth look at the Portapique murders.
On the weekend of April 18, a gunman rampaged through Nova Scotia, killing as he went.
Why he did it may never be known. But why the RCMP did not stop him sooner is a question families of those who died want answered.
This week we go in search of answers about what the RCMP knew, when it knew it and what it did.
We hear from people who haven’t spoken publicly before and share information that’s never been published.
It’s a ghastly story to be sure, and one that will not be easy to watch. But in a country that relies so heavily on the RCMP to serve and especially to protect, it’s a story that we believe is important.
We call it “13 Deadly Hours”. I hope you’ll join us.
-Gillian Findlay and The Fifth Estate team | | | | | | | | | MORE ON OUR INVESTIGATION |  | | For more on this story, read The Fifth Estate's full report on the shooting, which includes information on what the RCMP knew about the gunman that night, how they remained one step behind and why the public was left in the dark. | | | | |  | Monday, November 23, 2020 | |  | Fifth on Gem. Watch the latest episodes or catch up on past seasons of The Fifth Estate any time you want. Start streaming now | | | | | | | | STORIES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED | | |  | | Oct. 10, 2020 | Anthony Aust, 23, of Ottawa fell to his death in October from a window of his family's highrise apartment building after heavily armed SWAT team officers entered the unit without knocking. His stepfather, grandmother and two younger siblings were home at the time. Now, they want answers. | | | | | |  | | Oct, 28, 2020 | Cameron Ortis, a senior intelligence official for the RCMP, is accused on charges of violating the Security of Information Act and breach of trust for allegedly disclosing secrets to an unknown recipient. | | | | | | | | | | NEXT WEEK ON THE FIFTH ESTATE |  | Bitter Harvest: The story of the pandemic and the people who pick our food | Every year Canada imports a small army of people to grow and pick our fruits and vegetables.
But there's a cost those foreign workers pay so that Canadians can have cheap fruits and vegetables on our table.
Low pay, no overtime, few scheduled breaks and questionable living conditions are just some of the things they have to endure.
In this year particularly, COVID-19 only made things worse, and migrant workers were far more likely to contract the virus than Canadians.
What's more, many workers were unfairly confined to the farms, making many feel like they were in prison.
Hosted by Mark Kelly, this piece provides an inside look into some of Canada's big farm operations and the thousands of workers from Mexico and the Caribbean who toil on our fields each year, and asks why a government policy that has existed for 50 years does not treat our foreign guests better.
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