Canada has a new U.S. ambassador to sort through its strained relations with Washington as the Senate on Wednesday approved President Donald Trump’s nomination of Peter Hoekstra in a 60-37 vote.

But the good news is that “things can’t get any worse. They really can’t.” Ambassador to Canada was almost always an easy lift. Not under Trump.© Amber Bracken/Pool/Reuters ...

U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra discusses foreign trade at the Mackinac Policy Conference.