From Global News.

“I don’t call it weaponizing… I call it protecting jobs in Ontario,” Premier Doug Ford said Thursday after criticism of his plan to pull Crown Royal from LCBO shelves. “You think it’s going to Winnipeg, you think it’s going to Quebec — it’s going down to Alabama to be produced,” Ford added.

The union representing workers at the soon-to-be-closed Crown Royal bottling facility in Amherstburg, Ont., says more than a third of the workforce has already left ahead of the Feb. 28 deadline.

International alcohol maker Diageo announced its plan to shut down the facility last year and negotiated a closure agreement with members of the local union, giving workers enhanced benefits when they left their jobs.

Diageo’s decision to shut down the bottling plant sparked anger from the Ford government, which promised to retaliate against the company by pulling Crown Royal from the LCBO, potentially denying the company millions of dollars in sales.

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