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

Trump didn't chicken out. So what's Canada's next move?

Canada has now learned that the derisive acronym TACO — often slapped on U.S. President Donald Trump — is inaccurate and needs to be tweaked to something more like "Trump (Almost) Always Chickens Out."

Canada 'disappointed' by Trump boosting tariffs to 35%, says Carney

Prime Minister Mark Carney released a statement just past midnight on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to increase a tariff on Canadian goods to 35 per cent. He says Canada is still committed to CUSMA free trade, despite Trump following through on his threat.

Here's a timeline of Trump's tariffs on Canada

It's down to the wire on U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to raise his tariff on Canadian goods entering the United States to 35 per cent.

This is the court case that could kneecap most Trump tariffs

Most of the tariffs that U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed on countries around the world — including the ones on Canada that he's threating to bump to 35 per cent — face a crucial legal test on Thursday.
Analysis

Why Trump's deals with the EU, Japan may not be templates for Canada in trade talks

U.S. President Donald Trump's successive announcements of deals setting baseline tariffs on the European Union and Japan are prompting questions about whether they're a road map for Canada to follow in trade talks.
Analysis

What the U.S. dairy industry really wants from Canada

U.S. dairy producers insist they're not looking for Canada to dismantle its supply management system, but they do want Canada to follow the letter and spirit of the existing rules that are supposed to govern the dairy trade between the two countries.

U.S. and Canada might not reach trade deal, Trump says

U.S. President Donald Trump says his country may not reach a new trade deal with Canada and could simply impose more or higher tariffs on its northern neighbour — something he's threatening to do in one week's time.

Canada's trade team downplays chances of deal with Trump by Aug. 1

With just a week to go until U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened date for boosting tariffs on some Canadian exports to 35 per cent, Canada's top trade negotiators are downplaying the likelihood of reaching a deal by that deadline.

Many Canadian exports can avoid Trump tariffs if CUSMA-compliant. Here's what that means

Canadian exporters across a wide range of industries have a way to escape U.S. President Donald Trump’s blanket tariffs. That escape hatch is compliance with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), the three-way free trade deal signed by Trump back in 2018.

Big grocery wants Ontario to lift ban on 'private label' wine, beer

Premier Doug Ford’s next move to reform alcohol retail in Ontario could be allowing supermarket chains to sell their own private-label wine and beer, such as Costco’s Kirkland Signature brand. CBC News has learned that big retailers are lobbying for the province to end its ban on grocery stores selling their own-brand alcohol products.