The Canadian Light Source at the University of Saskatchewan welcomed some officials from Bangladesh earlier this month including Sheikh Fahim, the president of Bangladesh’s Chamber of Commerce.

Robert Lamb, CEO of the CLS says the visit was fueled by the country’s interest to see how the CLS works along with the fact that a number of students from Bangladesh are enrolled at the U of S.

Lamb says Bangladesh is one of Saskatchewan’s largest trading partners and that science in that country is growing.

Since science is growing in Bangladesh, Lamb says the country could now use a tool like the light source to further develop its science and to further develop its relationships with Canada, particularly with Saskatchewan.

“I think that relationship is almost like we’re the fulcrum with us in Saskatchewan because they want to do more with us, we want to do more with them and this exact thing right here at this exact moment is probably a great lead in.”

Lamb says at the CLS, they do a lot of work on improving crops because you can see things before you go out and plant a large number of seeds.

Saskatchewan generates over $500 million dollars worth of sales in cereal crops, pulse crops and potash every year to Bangladesh every year.

Another reason for the visit was education, given that a number of students enrolled at the U of S are from Bangladesh.