Former Council of Ontario Construction Associations (COCA) president David Surplis recently passed away and the construction community says he will be remembered for his leadership during a difficult time in the industry. “He had to steer the industry th
Angela GismondiFormer Council of Ontario Construction Associations president David Surplis recently passed away and the construction community says he will be remembered for his leadership during a difficult time in the industry.
In addition to his time at COCA, Surplis, who passed away Aug. 23 at the age of 82, was a professor of political science at the University of Guelph, a political staffer at Queen’s Park and worked for former Minister of Health Dennis Timbrell and was also an association leader for the Ontario Dental Association.
“I wasn’t going to pursue working in the political realm until I was enthralled by listening to David and hearing David’s experiences and what David had to say. He was a big influence in my life and I had a chance to work with him at every stage of my life after being a student, so that was fantastic.”
“David had a unique sense of humour that was in almost everything he said,” Frame explained. “He had a casualness about him that made him so easy to work with gave him the ability to bring people together and work our way through tough situations and find agreement.”“In COCA’s almost 50-year history, David was without question its most consequential leader,” said Ian Cunningham, president of COCA.
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