Corporate Accountability - Shelley Piercey - the fifth estate
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Channel: CBC News · 2015 · News & Politics
Some of the biggest names in politics and media have appeared on the fifth estate over the years but most memorable are the ordinary people thrust into the national spotlight because of the extraordinary circumstances they found themselves in. Shelley Piercey was like that. A widow from Newfoundland, in 1987, she and her lawyer took her fight for accountability public after her husband was electrocuted at work. the fifth estate is celebrating our 40th season and we are taking a look back at some of the people and places we have featured on the program. To celebrate our 40 years on the air, we’re doing something we’ve never done before : turn the cameras on ourselves. Join us on Secrets of the fifth estate. Tune in Thursday April 9th at 9 PM on CBC Television. For more on Secrets of the fifth estate : http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/fifthsecrets/ For more on the fifth estate : http://www.cbc.ca/fifth Follow us on Twitter : http://www.twitter.com/cbcfifth Like us on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/thefifthestate
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