Marco Vigliotti, iPolitics Dec 10, 2025 The article reports on Ambassador Hillman’s resignation and the emerging view that former BlackRock executive Mark Wiseman is the leading candidate to replace her. Flavio Volpe, President of the APMA, said Wiseman’s appointment would signal that Canada is prepared to send “a globally respected deal maker to help form the new trade relationship between the two countries.” Read here

Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star Dec 9, 2025 This article about the Canadian ambassador resigning and quotes APMA President Flavio Volpe as follows: “dignified, thoughtful and skilled chief representative of Team Canada.” Hillman’s resignation comes ahead of next year’s USMCA review for which she was expected to stay for. Read here

Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star Dec 5, 2025 This is reporting on the side meeting held by the three leaders in parallel to the FIFA event. President of the APMA, Flavio Volpe, said it “sounds like a vote of confidence of sorts in the only formal, scheduled stakeholder engagement process of this whole trade war, this week’s USMCA hearings.He also noted that Carney “looked confident in his approach with the president, while acting like a partner on the FIFA project and staging,”