Ontario Premier Doug Ford expressed his displeasure over Crown Royal shutting down a plant in Ontario by pouring out a bottle of its whisky.
“This is what I think about Crown Royal. That’s what they can do, and I think everyone else should do the same thing,” Ford said as he dumped out the bottle during a press conference on Sept. 2.
Ford encouraged Canadians to start supporting companies that make alcohol in Ontario. He joked that he would be sending “the cleaning bill” to Crown Royal for pouring the alcohol out.
Diageo, owner of Crown Royal, announced on Aug. 28 that it would be closing its plant in Amherstburg, which bottles the whiskey, in order to increase efficiency. The move will lead to around 160 workers losing their jobs….