{"id":2223590,"date":"2026-01-05T23:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T23:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2223590"},"modified":"2026-01-05T23:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T23:54:15","slug":"ford-cant-wait-to-remove-crown-royal-from-store-shelves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ford-cant-wait-to-remove-crown-royal-from-store-shelves\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford &#8216;can&#8217;t wait&#8217; to remove Crown Royal from store shelves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<header aria-label=\"Beginning of Article\" class=\"article-header article-header--story\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\" class=\"breadcrumbs\" data-aqa=\"nav-breadcrumb\">\n<p>Breadcrumb Trail Links<\/p>\n<ol class=\"breadcrumbs__items list-unstyled\">\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"breadcrumbs__item-link\" data-tb-category-link=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/torontosun.com\/category\/news\/\">News<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"breadcrumbs__item-link\" data-tb-category-link=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/torontosun.com\/category\/news\/national\/\">Canada<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"breadcrumbs__item\"><a target=\"_blank\" class=\"breadcrumbs__item-link\" data-tb-category-link=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/torontosun.com\/category\/news\/provincial\/\">Ontario<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<div class=\"article-header__detail\">\n<div class=\"article-header__detail__texts\">\n<p class=\"article-subtitle\">Premier took exception to Diageo&#8217;s decision last year to shutter a southern Ontario bottling plant, costing 200 jobs<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<p><span class=\"published-date__since\">Published Jan 05, 2026<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span class=\"updated-date__since\">Last updated 3\u00a0hours ago<\/span> \u00a0\u2022\u00a0 <span class=\"published-date__word-count\">3 minute read<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta__bottom\"><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Join the conversation\" class=\"article-meta-comment-count\" data-story-comment-component=\"\" href=\"#comments-area\">   <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"bookmark-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"popover\" data-aqa=\"popover\" data-click-to-appear=\"True\" data-container=\"\" data-container-offset=\"\" data-no-style=\"\" data-popover-component=\"\" data-position=\"top\" data-sticky=\"\" data-tail-offset=\"200\" data-tail-position=\"right\"><button class=\"popover__trigger bookmark-button\"><span class=\"save-article-button save-article-button--default\" title=\"Save article\" data-article-id=\"dec91555-8730-465f-af5b-e1fc9db5c032\" data-evt-skip-click=\"true\"\/><\/button><\/p>\n<div aria-describedby=\"popover-desc-popover-bookmark\" class=\"popover__content\" hidden=\"\" role=\"dialog\">\n<div class=\"popover__content__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"popover__content__text\" id=\"popover-desc-popover-bookmark\">\n<div class=\"bookmark__popover__content\">\n<p>You can save this article by registering for free <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"bookmark-link\" data-evt-skip-click=\"true\" href=\"http:\/\/torontosun.com\/register\/\">here<\/a>. 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https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Doug_Ford_Mark_Carney_Jobs_Whiskey_Crown_Royal_4x3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=576&amp;h=432&amp;type=webp&amp;sig=jMkowT_NvWmGtVYsTGHCrw 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"featured-image__caption image-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Ontario Premier Doug Ford empties a Crown Royal bottle of whisky at a press conference in Kitchener, Ont., on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. <\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Photo by Sammy Kogan<\/span> \/<span class=\"distributor\">The Canadian Press<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<h2 class=\"visually-hidden\">Article content<\/h2>\n<p>OTTAWA \u2014 It\u2019ll soon be last call for Crown Royal in Ontario.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border ad__section-border--story 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content<\/p>\n<p>Telling reporters he intends to follow through on previously-made threats to remove the whiskey from store shelves in the province, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday he \u201ccan\u2019t wait.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne hundred per cent,\u201d Ford said during a late morning news conference at Queen\u2019s Park on Monday. \u201cBut I\u2019m not going to waste another bottle of Crown Royal dumping it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ford described the decision to close an Ontario bottling plant \u201cas dumb as a bag of hammers.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Plant to close in February<\/h3>\n<p data-async=\"\">Reacting to news that spirits giant Diageo planned to shutter its Crown Royal bottling plant in Amherstburg \u2014 a small community around 20 km south of Windsor \u2014 and move production to the United States, Ford famously <a target=\"_blank\" data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" link=\"\" out=\"\" a=\"\" bottle=\"\" of=\"\" crown=\"\" royal=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/news\/lilley-unleashed-doug-ford-dumps-out-bottle-of-crown-royal\">dumped out a bottle of Crown Royal<\/a> during a Sept. 2, 2025 news conference.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Diageo insisted the plant\u2019s closure \u2014 which will also see the end of around 200 jobs \u2014 is not a sign the company is abandoning Canada, and that the deciion to shutter the plant was an effort to streamline and solidify its supply chains.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"js-widget-content article-content__widget-group article-content__widget-group--content-slot10 article-content__widget-group--newsletter-slot\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-widget__new-story-page None background--primary-light-gradient\" 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(AP Photo\/Keith Srakocic, File)\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/jim-beam.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;h=96&amp;sig=GuVWZemyZRJCF6ilqVkiSw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/jim-beam.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;h=96&amp;sig=GuVWZemyZRJCF6ilqVkiSw, https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/jim-beam.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;h=192&amp;sig=eNESvYu2FEEHvVuumTIaFA 2x,&#10;                                            https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/jim-beam.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;h=288&amp;sig=bJyZDpg2zotAmE_WbytVmA 3x\" class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/><\/picture>\n<p><span class=\"more-topic__item-text-clamp\">Jim Beam shuttering distillery for 2026 due to stock, trade pressures<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/a><\/li>\n<li data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" ford=\"\" pours=\"\" out=\"\" bottle=\"\" of=\"\" crown=\"\" royal=\"\" over=\"\" upcoming=\"\" ontario=\"\" plant=\"\" closure=\"\" class=\"more-topic__item\" data-carousel-item=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/news\/provincial\/doug-ford-pours-out-bottle-of-crown-royal-over-upcoming-ontario-plant-closure\"> <picture class=\"more-topic__item-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ontario Premier Doug Ford empties a Crown Royal bottle of whisky at a news conference in Kitchener, Ont., on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. Ford criticized  the popular whisky's parent company, Diageo, for their plan to close one of their Ontario bottling plants in the coming months. \" src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CP174942836.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;h=96&amp;sig=aFvGNq_aMWTNb1P4I-SFBQ\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CP174942836.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;h=96&amp;sig=aFvGNq_aMWTNb1P4I-SFBQ, https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CP174942836.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;h=192&amp;sig=B6ECF6O98UJRQWUx-cBs_Q 2x,&#10;                                            https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/torontosun\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CP174942836.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all&amp;h=288&amp;sig=1tdMsCeE10i0mlML_9pubQ 3x\" class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/><\/picture>\n<p><span class=\"more-topic__item-text-clamp\">Doug Ford pours out bottle of Crown Royal over upcoming Ontario plant closure<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><button aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"more-topic__button-next\" data-carousel-next=\"\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"next\" type=\"button\"\/><\/section>\n<h3>Other Diageo products still safe on Ontario\u2019s shelves, for now<\/h3>\n<p>Diageo, based in London, U.K., ranks among the world\u2019s largest alcoholic beverage companies, including such brands as Johnny Walker, Tanqueray, Captain Morgan, Smirnoff and Guiness under its umbrella.<\/p>\n<p>Ford shrugged off suggestions he may expand the Diago boycott to other brands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just going to focus on Crown Royal for now,\u201d Ford said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"ad__section-border ad__section-border--story article-content__ad-group ad_counter_4\">\n<section aria-describedby=\"advertisment6272455375044834215017466944290816\" class=\"ad\">\n<p>Advertisement 4<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad__container\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\" id=\"ad__inner-4\">\n<div class=\"ad__inner__container\" data-ad=\"[[1200,250],[1200,90],[970,90],[970,250],[728,90],[300,250]]\" data-ad-loc=\"4\" data-ad-mobile=\"[[320,50],[300,50],[300,250]]\" data-aqa=\"advertisement\" id=\"ad-4\" style=\"--desktopHeight:250px;--mobileHeight:250px\">\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<p>This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"article-content__content-group article-content__content-group--story\">\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the moves that we have made in the last year, we\u2019ve seen wine sales jump 76% \u2014 that\u2019s great for grape growers, the small wineries, the large wineries, and aby other alcoholic beverage that we have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\"><span>The LCBO, which\u00a0<\/span><a target=\"_blank\" data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" link=\"\" american=\"\" products=\"\" from=\"\" their=\"\" shelves=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/news\/ontario-election\/as-trade-war-looms-over-snap-ontario-election-ford-removes-u-s-products-from-lcbo\" target=\"_blank\">removed American products from their shelves<\/a><span><a target=\"_blank\" data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" link=\"\" year=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/news\/ontario-election\/as-trade-war-looms-over-snap-ontario-election-ford-removes-u-s-products-from-lcbo\">\u00a0last year<\/a> in retaliation for U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s trade war, is the world\u2019s largest purchaser of alcohol.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s decision to stop stocking American booze is hitting U.S. distillers hard. Since 2000, these distillers have grown almost entirely reliant on international sales.<\/p>\n<p>Canada, the U.K. and the European Union accounted for around 70% of all exports of American liquor in 2024, valued at around $2.4 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Retaliatory tariffs have curtailed exports of American spirits to other regions, specifically a 23% drop of exports to Japan and the U.K., and a 12% reduction of exports to the EU.<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">Last month, Kentucky-based bourbon producer Jim Beam <a target=\"_blank\" data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" link=\"\" a=\"\" year-long=\"\" closure=\"\" of=\"\" their=\"\" man=\"\" distillery=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/torontosun.com\/news\/national\/jim-beam-shuttering-distillery-for-2026-due-to-stock-trade-pressures\" target=\"_blank\">announced a year-long closure of their man distillery,<\/a> to deal with lessened demand and an abundance of stock.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div 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