Canada's new top envoy to Washington takes up his post

Wiseman was chosen as ambassador because his background in business and finance connects with Trump's key advisers, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, said said Fen Osler Hampson, a professor of international affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa and co-chair of the Expert Group on Canada-US Relations.