Maple Leaf CEO's Iran plane crash comments unprecedented, experts say

Experts say Michael McCain's statement on the Iran plane crash is risky and has no comparison in Canadian business history

Angry comments about the Iran plane crash from the CEO of Maple Leaf Foods Inc. are unprecedented, experts say.

He says the 63 Canadians on board are "collateral damage" from the behaviour of "a narcissist in Washington."Dimitry Anastakis, a professor at The University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, says he's never heard a Canadian business leader make such an unprovoked, definitive statement on an international-relations issue.

Robert Carter, an industry adviser with The StratonHunter Group, says he doubts any fallout from American customers will be lengthy.

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