James Bezan Challenges Doug Ford on Crown Royal Threat

James Bezan called Doug Ford “misinformed” after the Ontario premier doubled down on pulling Crown Royal from LCBO shelves when Diageo closes its Amherstburg bottling plant, warning the move could trigger Manitoba retaliation.Diageo says Crown Royal is distilled in Gimli, Manitoba and will keep a significant Canadian footprint, with whisky for Canadian and non-U.S. markets bottled at Valleyfield, Quebec even as Amherstburg shuts and about 160 workers exit under a closure deal.The dispute lands as Mark Carney faces Conservative criticism over his planned Beijing visit next week and as Ford presses Ottawa to keep a 100 percent tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles in a broader Canada-China trade fight.