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

Ontario set to begin construction of Canada's 1st mini nuclear power plant

Premier Doug Ford's government has given Ontario Power Generation the green light to start construction on Canada’s first small modular reactor, a new nuclear technology to be built next door to the Darlington power plant. 
Analysis

Cracks in Ontario's economy were starting to show before Trump's tariffs

With all the noise of back-to-back provincial and federal election campaigns, you’d be forgiven for not hearing the cracking sounds coming from Ontario’s fragile economy since January, even before U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs began to bite. 

Adam Vaughan joins Ontario Place spa developer Therme

Former city councillor and ex-MP Adam Vaughan, long one of the sharpest critics of Doug Ford's plans for Toronto's waterfront, is now working for Therme Canada, the company developing a luxury spa at Ontario Place.
Analysis

Here's what the federal election results mean for Doug Ford and Ontario

If you’re a backer of either the Liberals or the Conservatives, you can read the Ontario results in the federal election in both optimistic and pessimistic ways. 

What's at stake for Ontario in today's federal election

For 14 of the last 15 federal elections, the party taking the most seats in Ontario has also formed government. Tonight we'll learn whether that trend continues.

These are the top 10 ridings to watch in Toronto and the GTA

If Mark Carney is to lead his Liberal Party to its fourth straight term in government, seats in Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area will form the backbone of his win. There are 55 ridings up for grabs between the 416 and 905, home to an estimated 4.5 million eligible voters. 
Analysis

For Conservatives to take the election, these GTA ridings are must-wins

Any feasible path to victory in the federal election for Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party runs through the Greater Toronto Area, a region dominated by the Liberals since 2015. 
Analysis

What election promises on housing would mean for Toronto and the GTA

The soaring cost of home ownership is a challenge facing people across Canada, arguably nowhere more so than in Toronto.

In Oshawa, tariffs loom large in election campaign

From a booth at Mr. Burger in Oshawa, you can see the General Motors plant that anchors this city's economy. People here for the lunchtime rush — whether they work in the auto sector or not — are keenly aware of the potential impact of the tariffs that U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to impose starting Wednesday.
ANALYSIS

What matters to voters in Mississauga in the federal election

The voters of Mississauga have backed the winning party in each of the past four federal elections. That makes the city a good litmus test of voter sentiment in a campaign that's rolling out amid U.S. President Donald Trump's threats of slapping crippling tariffs on Canadian goods and even forcing the country to become the 51st state.