Mike Crawley

Senior reporter

Mike Crawley has covered Ontario politics for CBC News since 2009. He began his career as a newspaper reporter in B.C., spent six years as a freelance journalist in various parts of Africa, then joined the CBC in 2005. Mike was born and raised in Saint John, N.B.

Latest from Mike Crawley

Analysis

How the leaders' debate affects the rest of the Ontario election campaign

Ontario PC Leader Doug Ford's campaign slogan is "Protect Ontario," but during the province-wide leaders' debate on Monday night, he clearly switched it to "Protect My Lead."
Analysis

What Doug Ford accomplished on his Washington trip

During a news conference, Doug Ford was asked what success would be out of the Washington trip and set a rather high bar with his answer: "What success looks like is zero tariffs."
ANALYSIS

Ontario parties are promising family doctors for all. Compare the plans

All the main parties in the Ontario election campaign are promising to ensure everyone in the province has access to a family doctor. For voters who care deeply about this issue, the question of which party they trust to turn the promise into reality will likely be top of mind when election day comes on Feb. 27. 
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With Trump's tariffs now on hold, will Ontario's election campaign shift gears?

Ontario PC Leader Doug Ford is trying his utmost to make the threat of tariffs the entire focus of the election campaign. The other party leaders are trying their utmost to shift the narrative away from tariffs to other big things at stake for Ontario voters.
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How Ontario's main parties would respond to tariffs

One week into Ontario’s four-week election campaign, the dominant issue by far is U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs on Canadian exports.
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Doug Ford promised to 'Get It Done' last election. How did he do?

With Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives seeking re-election on a slogan of “Protect Ontario,” it’s worth examining whether they made good on their last campaign slogan: “Get It Done.” 
Analysis

Why calling an election now helps Doug Ford and his Ontario PCs

While Premier Doug Ford insists that U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threat is why he's calling an election 15 months ahead of schedule, there are plenty of reasons why the timing is politically advantageous to Ford and his Ontario PC Party. 

TikTok fights looming ban in U.S. Supreme Court. What you need to know

The company that owns TikTok goes to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to try to fend off a new law that would see the wildly popular social media app banned later this month.
Analysis

Trump has threatened Canada in all sorts of ways. What does he really want?

Donald Trump’s increasingly strident approach to relations with Canada is provoking fear about the potential consequences north of the border and questions about just how serious the U.S. president-elect actually is.
Analysis

By certifying Trump's election win, Kamala Harris makes Jan. 6 routine again

For two centuries, the certification of U.S. presidential election results was little more than a ceremonial rubber stamp by Congress.