Once multinational Diageo shifts it’s Crown Royal whisky blending and bottling operation from Amherstburg, near Windsor, to the United States, the company will no longer honestly be able to include the boast a “Fine Canadian whisky” on its bottles.

Crown Royal will not longer be 100% cent produced in Canada anymore.

“For it to be a Canadian whisky, it has to be made in Canada,” said Doug Benekritis, who has worked inside this beloved and famous 100-year-old plant for 24 years.

Not partially made in Canada. Totally made here.

While booze maker Diageo is owned by global investors like American Blackrock and The Vanguard Group, Crown Royal is world famous for being Canadian. This is now in jeopardy.

A team of 500 in Gimli, Man., have always done a great job of making the whisky while wes

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