The SWA says it consistently takes action in global markets to prevent the use of Scottish indications of origin on whisky which is not scotch whisky.

The proposed class action suit claims Cineflix and its affiliates violated the Ontario Employment Standards Act and seeks compensation for all past, present and future personnel in certain job classifications as far back as 2000.

One Montrealer has spent the last five years locked in a legal battle over a website he created to collect customer and passenger complaints about United Airlines.