Trent BoG chair Reid Morden is a member of the UN's Volcker inquiry into wrongdoing, including allegations of fraud and corruption, in the Iraq Oil-for-Food Programme. According to the Canada Free Press Mr. Morden himself may not be free of conflict of interest. One might also wonder if Mr. Morden's effectiveness as the Chair of Trent's BoG might be diminished somewhat given his duties to oversee the day-to-day operations of the inquiry and moving to New York city.

Continuing to join the dots on Volcker and potential conflicts of interest is Volcker’s number two man on the IIC, Reid Morden. Morden has connections to Desmarais in his role of selling nuclear plants to China and others for companies dominated by Desmarais.

Although he is Canada’s former intelligence chief, Morden does not answer to the Canadian government.

As CFP letter writer Peter Herberg puts it, "Can you imagine the uproar if a former CIA chief did this and took part in a UN investigation that refused to cooperate with congress?"

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