BURNABY, BC, July 17, 2020 /CNW/ - Taiga Building
Products Ltd. ("Taiga" or the "Company") is deeply saddened to
announce the passing of one of the original architects of the
Company and a current Board Director, Doug
Morris.
From his early days at Taiga, beginning in 1978, he was
intimately involved with the Management team and our salespeople,
helping to shape and influence the business. Doug not only
developed Taiga's distribution presence in Eastern Canada, and initiated Taiga's 1996
acquisition of distribution centres in both Ontario and Quebec, he also established the Oakville commodity trading division and
Dynamic Forest Products. He was involved in taking Taiga public,
and held the position of Executive VP of Major Accounts and Supply
Management of Taiga from March 2007 -
March 2009. Doug was appointed to
Taiga's Board on July 16, 2009 and
has maintained this position throughout. Prior to joining Taiga,
Doug managed MacMillan Bloedel Ltd.'s building materials
distribution centre in Toronto,
Ontario. He held a Bachelor of Science and Economics from
Clarkson University in Potsdam, New
York.
Doug was solid and headstrong, as well as humble, with a comical
side. He cared deeply about his family, and they spent a great deal
of time at his summer house on the lake together (fondly called the
'Grandchild catcher'), relaxing and enjoying cottage life. They
would also spend 2-3 months per year in Florida each winter. He was an avid golfer and
long-time member of St. Georges Golf & Country Club in
Etobicoke, Ontario, and he enjoyed
fishing as well.
Doug is survived by his wife Mary Lou
Morris, children Shelley
Morris (Dave) and James
Morris (Colleen), and his granddaughters Kate and Brooke Morris.
The Board of Directors extends its deepest condolences to Doug's
family and to all those who came to know him as a colleague, as a
mentor and as a friend.
SOURCE Taiga Building Products Ltd.