Ontarians support Premier Doug Ford’s removal of Crown Royal whisky from LCBO shelves to protest the company’s closure of its bottling plant here, a new Abacus Data poll suggests.
Ford has vowed to stop selling the popular Manitoba-made rye at Ontario liquor stores after U.K.-based Diageo shutters its Amherstburg factory near Windsor next month, which will cost about 200 jobs.
“Crown Royal should have thought twice before closing their plant here,” the premier told reporters at Queen’s Park on Tuesday, expressing concerns Diageo is moving jobs stateside.
It’s distilled in Manitoba.
