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Manitoba Premier Urges Ontario to End Crown Royal Boycott
1/14/2026
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Story summary
- Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew urged Ontario Premier Doug Ford to reconsider his Crown Royal boycott to protect Canadian jobs.
- Ford announced the boycott after Diageo closed the Amherstburg bottling plant, affecting about 160 jobs.
- Kinew urged unity and said he hopes for a resolution, warning that targeting jobs harms others.
- Ford remains firm, saying he is protecting Ontario jobs.
