Canadian civil servant (1941?2024)
John Reid Morden
OC
(June 17, 1941 ? May 7, 2024) was a Canadian civil servant who was the director of the
Canadian Security Intelligence Service
from 1988 to 1992. From 1991 to 1994, Morden served as
deputy minister
of
foreign affairs
.
Early life and education
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Morden was born on June 17, 1941, in
Hamilton, Ontario
. As a child, he moved to
Montreal, Quebec
before moving to
Halifax, Nova Scotia
.
[1]
Morden graduated from
Dalhousie University
in 1963 with a
bachelor of laws
. He later received an honorary
doctorate of law
from Dalhousie.
Career
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Morden started his career with the Canadian Department of External Affairs. His first posting was in Pakistan.
[1]
From 1991 to 1994, Morden served as deputy minister of foreign affairs.
Morden was named director of
CSIS
in 1988 and served in that capacity for four years.
[2]
While there, he oversaw the destruction of security files for
John Diefenbaker
,
Lester B. Pearson
and
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
on January 30, 1989.
[3]
Later he caused a stir by defending former director
Ted Finn
's
erasing of 156 tapes of evidence
before the
Air India inquiry
.
[4]
[5]
[6]
In addition, Morden has served as president of
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
from 1994 to 1998. He also worked in the private sector with
Kroll
and
KPMG Forensic Inc
.
[7]
In June 2005, Morden was appointed to assist
the commission of inquiry dealing with the case
of
Maher Arar
.
[8]
Death
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Morden died in
Toronto, Ontario
, on May 7, 2024, at the age of 82.
[1]
[8]
Awards
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In 1999, Morden was made a member of the
Order of Canada
.
[9]
References
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"John Reid Morden"
.
The Globe and Mail
. May 11, 2024.
Archived
from the original on May 23, 2024
. Retrieved
May 23,
2024
– via
Legacy.com
.
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Arnold, Janice (November 23, 2016).
"Media monitor marks 18 years of counter-terror efforts"
.
Canadian Jewish News
.
Archived
from the original on May 23, 2024
. Retrieved
May 23,
2024
.
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Bronskill, Jim (July 26, 2019).
"Secret spy file on Pierre Trudeau was almost spared from destruction: memo"
.
Lethbridge News Now
.
The Canadian Press
.
Archived
from the original on May 23, 2024
. Retrieved
May 23,
2024
.
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"Crime Files: What did CSIS know?"
.
CBC News
. August 27, 2003. Archived from
the original
on July 1, 2010
. Retrieved
May 23,
2024
.
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Maralek, Victor; Matas, Robert (June 11, 2003). "Ex-CSIS watchdog scorns RCMP's Air-India accusations".
The Globe and Mail
.
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"Air-India Bombing Case - McLellan Passes Buck To Bob Rae". Weekly Voice. April 30, 2005.
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"Reid Morden"
.
Canadian Defense & Foreign Affairs Institute
. Archived from
the original
on February 4, 2012
. Retrieved
May 23,
2024
.
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a
b
Rubin, Josh (May 10, 2024).
"Former diplomat, CSIS head Reid Morden dead at 82"
.
Toronto Star
.
Archived
from the original on May 23, 2024
. Retrieved
May 23,
2024
.
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"Mr. John Reid Morden"
. The Governor General of Canada. October 21, 1999.