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“Would they have done that to a man?”: Crombie opens up on being followed to Jamaica

The former Liberal leader says she struggled to process the news that she had been tailed on a personal getaway. Now, she’s ready to talk about it.
Ahmad Elbayoumi
October 22, 2026

THE LEDE

‍This story is a collaboration with The Trillium.

Sun, sand and a spy — Bonnie Crombie is speaking out about discovering she had been the target of a Tory surveillance operation in Jamaica.

As POLICORNER and The Trillium reported in August, the Ontario PC Party sent an operative to Jamaica to tail the former Liberal leader during a three-day trip in 2023, spending nearly $3,000 on accommodations at two luxury resorts, including the one where Crombie was staying.

Premier Doug Ford said he knew nothing about the operation and didn’t approve of it, but also appeared dismissive of it as an issue, insisting that “it’s politics” and “things happen.” His party, meanwhile, defended the operation as routine opposition research.

Now, Crombie, who is running for Mississauga mayor, is opening up about the toll of discovering she had been followed — and why she waited until now to discuss it.

THE LEDE

‍This story is a collaboration with The Trillium.

Sun, sand and a spy — Bonnie Crombie is speaking out about discovering she had been the target of a Tory surveillance operation in Jamaica.

As POLICORNER and The Trillium reported in August, the Ontario PC Party sent an operative to Jamaica to tail the former Liberal leader during a three-day trip in 2023, spending nearly $3,000 on accommodations at two luxury resorts, including the one where Crombie was staying.

Premier Doug Ford said he knew nothing about the operation and didn’t approve of it, but also appeared dismissive of it as an issue, insisting that “it’s politics” and “things happen.” His party, meanwhile, defended the operation as routine opposition research.

Now, Crombie, who is running for Mississauga mayor, is opening up about the toll of discovering she had been followed — and why she waited until now to discuss it.

THE LEDE

‍This story is a collaboration with The Trillium.

Sun, sand and a spy — Bonnie Crombie is speaking out about discovering she had been the target of a Tory surveillance operation in Jamaica.

As POLICORNER and The Trillium reported in August, the Ontario PC Party sent an operative to Jamaica to tail the former Liberal leader during a three-day trip in 2023, spending nearly $3,000 on accommodations at two luxury resorts, including the one where Crombie was staying.

Premier Doug Ford said he knew nothing about the operation and didn’t approve of it, but also appeared dismissive of it as an issue, insisting that “it’s politics” and “things happen.” His party, meanwhile, defended the operation as routine opposition research.

Now, Crombie, who is running for Mississauga mayor, is opening up about the toll of discovering she had been followed — and why she waited until now to discuss it.

THE LEDE

‍This story is a collaboration with The Trillium.

Sun, sand and a spy — Bonnie Crombie is speaking out about discovering she had been the target of a Tory surveillance operation in Jamaica.

As POLICORNER and The Trillium reported in August, the Ontario PC Party sent an operative to Jamaica to tail the former Liberal leader during a three-day trip in 2023, spending nearly $3,000 on accommodations at two luxury resorts, including the one where Crombie was staying.

Premier Doug Ford said he knew nothing about the operation and didn’t approve of it, but also appeared dismissive of it as an issue, insisting that “it’s politics” and “things happen.” His party, meanwhile, defended the operation as routine opposition research.

Now, Crombie, who is running for Mississauga mayor, is opening up about the toll of discovering she had been followed — and why she waited until now to discuss it.

THE LEDE

‍This story is a collaboration with The Trillium.

Sun, sand and a spy — Bonnie Crombie is speaking out about discovering she had been the target of a Tory surveillance operation in Jamaica.

As POLICORNER and The Trillium reported in August, the Ontario PC Party sent an operative to Jamaica to tail the former Liberal leader during a three-day trip in 2023, spending nearly $3,000 on accommodations at two luxury resorts, including the one where Crombie was staying.

Premier Doug Ford said he knew nothing about the operation and didn’t approve of it, but also appeared dismissive of it as an issue, insisting that “it’s politics” and “things happen.” His party, meanwhile, defended the operation as routine opposition research.

Now, Crombie, who is running for Mississauga mayor, is opening up about the toll of discovering she had been followed — and why she waited until now to discuss it.

THE LEDE

‍This story is a collaboration with The Trillium.

Sun, sand and a spy — Bonnie Crombie is speaking out about discovering she had been the target of a Tory surveillance operation in Jamaica.

As POLICORNER and The Trillium reported in August, the Ontario PC Party sent an operative to Jamaica to tail the former Liberal leader during a three-day trip in 2023, spending nearly $3,000 on accommodations at two luxury resorts, including the one where Crombie was staying.

Premier Doug Ford said he knew nothing about the operation and didn’t approve of it, but also appeared dismissive of it as an issue, insisting that “it’s politics” and “things happen.” His party, meanwhile, defended the operation as routine opposition research.

Now, Crombie, who is running for Mississauga mayor, is opening up about the toll of discovering she had been followed — and why she waited until now to discuss it.

THE LEDE

‍This story is a collaboration with The Trillium.

Sun, sand and a spy — Bonnie Crombie is speaking out about discovering she had been the target of a Tory surveillance operation in Jamaica.

As POLICORNER and The Trillium reported in August, the Ontario PC Party sent an operative to Jamaica to tail the former Liberal leader during a three-day trip in 2023, spending nearly $3,000 on accommodations at two luxury resorts, including the one where Crombie was staying.

Premier Doug Ford said he knew nothing about the operation and didn’t approve of it, but also appeared dismissive of it as an issue, insisting that “it’s politics” and “things happen.” His party, meanwhile, defended the operation as routine opposition research.

Now, Crombie, who is running for Mississauga mayor, is opening up about the toll of discovering she had been followed — and why she waited until now to discuss it.

THE LEDE

‍This story is a collaboration with The Trillium.

Sun, sand and a spy — Bonnie Crombie is speaking out about discovering she had been the target of a Tory surveillance operation in Jamaica.

As POLICORNER and The Trillium reported in August, the Ontario PC Party sent an operative to Jamaica to tail the former Liberal leader during a three-day trip in 2023, spending nearly $3,000 on accommodations at two luxury resorts, including the one where Crombie was staying.

Premier Doug Ford said he knew nothing about the operation and didn’t approve of it, but also appeared dismissive of it as an issue, insisting that “it’s politics” and “things happen.” His party, meanwhile, defended the operation as routine opposition research.

Now, Crombie, who is running for Mississauga mayor, is opening up about the toll of discovering she had been followed — and why she waited until now to discuss it.

THE LEDE

‍This story is a collaboration with The Trillium.

Sun, sand and a spy — Bonnie Crombie is speaking out about discovering she had been the target of a Tory surveillance operation in Jamaica.

As POLICORNER and The Trillium reported in August, the Ontario PC Party sent an operative to Jamaica to tail the former Liberal leader during a three-day trip in 2023, spending nearly $3,000 on accommodations at two luxury resorts, including the one where Crombie was staying.

Premier Doug Ford said he knew nothing about the operation and didn’t approve of it, but also appeared dismissive of it as an issue, insisting that “it’s politics” and “things happen.” His party, meanwhile, defended the operation as routine opposition research.

Now, Crombie, who is running for Mississauga mayor, is opening up about the toll of discovering she had been followed — and why she waited until now to discuss it.

THE LEDE

‍This story is a collaboration with The Trillium.

Sun, sand and a spy — Bonnie Crombie is speaking out about discovering she had been the target of a Tory surveillance operation in Jamaica.

As POLICORNER and The Trillium reported in August, the Ontario PC Party sent an operative to Jamaica to tail the former Liberal leader during a three-day trip in 2023, spending nearly $3,000 on accommodations at two luxury resorts, including the one where Crombie was staying.

Premier Doug Ford said he knew nothing about the operation and didn’t approve of it, but also appeared dismissive of it as an issue, insisting that “it’s politics” and “things happen.” His party, meanwhile, defended the operation as routine opposition research.

Now, Crombie, who is running for Mississauga mayor, is opening up about the toll of discovering she had been followed — and why she waited until now to discuss it.

THE LEDE

‍This story is a collaboration with The Trillium.

Sun, sand and a spy — Bonnie Crombie is speaking out about discovering she had been the target of a Tory surveillance operation in Jamaica.

As POLICORNER and The Trillium reported in August, the Ontario PC Party sent an operative to Jamaica to tail the former Liberal leader during a three-day trip in 2023, spending nearly $3,000 on accommodations at two luxury resorts, including the one where Crombie was staying.

Premier Doug Ford said he knew nothing about the operation and didn’t approve of it, but also appeared dismissive of it as an issue, insisting that “it’s politics” and “things happen.” His party, meanwhile, defended the operation as routine opposition research.

Now, Crombie, who is running for Mississauga mayor, is opening up about the toll of discovering she had been followed — and why she waited until now to discuss it.