The article is misleading and perhaps biased towards creating a federal agency when it compares the number of trade commissioners (20)  in Canada to the hundreds employed by U.S states, Mexico and Ireland. The commissioners are working for a  federal government department while U.S states are working for  state jurisdictions. The article should have included  all employees working in foreign investment in provincial and municipal jurisdictions in Canada and comparing them to all employees working in all jurisdictions in the U.S or for that matter Mexico and Ireland. Here are a few examples of the 18  non federal foreign investment  organizations listed by the Canadian Trade Commission Service : Montreal International, Quebec International, Global Toronto, Invest Ottawa, Vancouver Economic commission, etc..