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==Official visitors== [[Image:Governor General at CLS.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Michaëlle Jean (C) at the Canadian Light Source, with CLS Director Josef Hormes (L) and University of Saskatchewan President [[Peter MacKinnon]] (R)]] Then-Prime Minister [[Jean Chrétien]] visited the CLS in November 2000 during an [[2000 Canadian federal election|election]] campaign stop in Saskatoon.<ref name="pmvisit1">{{cite web | url=http://news.usask.ca/archived_ocn/nov24-00/news2.shtml|title=Prime Minister makes election stop at Synchrotron | date= 24 November 2000 | accessdate=27 July 2012}}</ref> He gave a speech on the mezzanine level of the building following his tour of the facility, praising the project for helping to reverse the [[brain drain]] of scientists from Canada.<ref name="pmvisit2">{{cite web |url=http://www.lightsource.ca/media/pmvisit.php |title=Prime Minister Chrétien Visits CLS in Saskatoon |date=26 June 2012 |accessdate=28 July 2012 |archive-date=5 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005000512/http://www.lightsource.ca/media/pmvisit.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> In August 2010 then-[[Governor General of Canada|Governor General]] [[Michaëlle Jean]] visited the CLS as part of a two-day tour of Saskatchewan.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/micha%C3%ABlle-jean-wraps-up-sask-visit-1.870244|title=Michaëlle Jean wraps up Sask. visit |date=24 August 2010 |access-date=15 July 2012|work=CBC News}}</ref> In April 2012 the CLS was "visited" remotely by Governor General [[David Johnston (governor general)|David Johnston]]. He was visiting the [[LNLS]] synchrotron in [[Brazil]], during a live link-up, by video chat and remote control software, between the two facilities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsaskatoon.com/saskatoon+synchrotron+operated+via+brazil/6442630904/story.html|title=Saskatoon synchrotron operated via Brazil|date=29 April 2012|accessdate=15 July 2012|archivedate=24 January 2013|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130124024656/http://www.globalsaskatoon.com/saskatoon+synchrotron+operated+via+brazil/6442630904/story.html|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> January 18, 2017 Canadian Science Minister Kirsty Duncan toured the complex.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/97079436@N04/sets/72157677855587540/with/32407377005/|title=Minister Duncan Visit |date=18 January 2017 |accessdate=20 January 2017}}</ref>
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