One of the Canadian delegations ended its visit to Basra, which was for the purpose of investment, by visiting the governor of Basra, Dr. Sheltag Abboud, to talk about the most important agreements that have been reached after the discussions of the projects that the Canadian company plans to start in Basra in the coming period.

The governor welcomed the visit and said " Basra is now the focus of attention of the world capital for most countries are going along a severe financial crisis, so it is possible that Basra provides a successful investment opportunity at the present time"; adding that " The fields selected by the Canadian company are needed greatly in Basra and as for us, we will try to do our best for the success of the plans related to these projects".

 For his part, the head of the Canadian delegation, which included various international companies, Mr. Richard Duffy said that " The companies that came to Basra are ready to start working after three months", adding that " We will approach the Canadian government so as to support investment in Basra"; he said " Our will for investment came through the chairman of BIC, Dr. Haider Ali".

The Canadian companies have presented several projects, among them are ( A project in the Communications Sector by using Fiber- Optics and a project for providing 50 M.W. of electrical power in Iraq by transforming the street lighting from the general network into solar cells, in addition to a project for constructing 500 housing units for the staff of the General Company for Iraqi Ports).