Tuesday’s appointment of ex-Mountie Kevin Brosseau as Canada’s first fentanyl czar — or, for that matter, ‘czar’ of any kind — brings one of America’s most contentious political monikers north of the border.

Canada on Tuesday named a former deputy commissioner with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as the country’s fentanyl czar, hoping to show the U.S. it is working to prevent production and distribution of the synthetic opioid.