Dave Sanderson 🇨🇦🍁<p>“Premier Wab Kinew says whisky drinkers must remember that Crown Royal is made in Canada.</p><p>‘Crown Royal employs a ton of people in Gimli, Manitoba,’ Kinew said Wednesday as he pushed back against Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who poured out a bottle at a news conference after the company announced it will close a bottling plant in his province.”</p><p><a href="https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2025/09/03/kinew-sticks-up-for-crown-royals-manitoba-jobs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">winnipegfreepress.com/breaking</span><span class="invisible">news/2025/09/03/kinew-sticks-up-for-crown-royals-manitoba-jobs</span></a> (freewall)</p><p>“Kinew called the whisky distilled in Manitoba ‘the pride of Gimli’ and a product ‘that Canadians should support.’</p><p>‘If you buy Crown Royal, you’re supporting Manitoba jobs,’ said the premier.”</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/DougFord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DougFord</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/onpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/mbpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mbpoli</span></a></p>