Two rebel Tim Hortons franchises are suing parents company Restaurant Brands International alleging its subsidiary and several executives have subverted their right to associate. A monetary claim does not appear current filings. The defendants belong to the ad hoc Great White North Franchisee Association.which was formed in March. At that time the group accused their parents of squeezing their franchises so tightly that business was suffering. Tim Hortons called the lawsuit “unfounded” in a statement by its media relations team. It said Tim Hortons has always been clear that we will not interfere with our franchisees’ right to associate and that remains true today. The GWNFA, whose membership is unclear, which incorporated in March to raise franchisee concerns over the management of the brand, alleges RBI began legal action late last month against a group of GWNFA board members that it says provided confidential information that was then leaked to a Canadian newspaper.
MATTHEWS, SANDALS WILL NOT RUN IN 2018
Deputy premier Deb Matthews, who sits in London and Treasury Board President Liz Sandals, a Guelph MPP, will not run in next year’s general election, they announced separately today They both said that the sliding fortune of the Ontario Liberal Party is not the reason for their decision. Matthews will remain as the Liberals’ campaign co-chair through the election, saying she has enormous respect for Premier Kathleen Wynne. “I am confident that, on June 7, 2018, the people of Ontario will give her and her team the mandate to continue to serve,” Matthews wrote in a statement Friday. Sandals is 70 and Matthews 64.
