After being dealt the losing hand in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), upping the ante with the controversial Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI), and betting the house at the disastrous Seattle round of World Trade Organization (WTO) talks, the Chrétien government is once again playing poker with the country.
It's called the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), one of a host of agreements negotiated by the powerful WTO. And after the failure of WTO talks in Seattle, the stakes are high.
Read all about the GATS and the services it could impact:
