Ottawa Now - Premier Ford doubles down on his planned Crown Royal pushback

If a bottling facility doesn’t pull back on its looming decision to shut down a Southwestern Ontario plant, Ontario’s Premier won’t pull the plug on his retaliation against Crown Royal. During a press conference on Monday, Doug Ford doubled down on his decree to remove Crown Royal products from LCBO shelves if tones didn’t shift. As it turns out, the LCBO is Crown Royal’s biggest product consumer in North America. Kristy Cameron examines the bigger picture with John D'Agnolo, the President of UNIFOR Local 200. They represent 200 employees at the Amherstburg bottling plant, which has been operating for nearly a century. D’Agnolo alleges that Diageo didn’t inform UNIFOR of their decision to move shop to America. And while he agrees with Ford’s approach to fight back, he is encouraging Ontario’s Premier to act sooner.