Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump during a joint news conference at the White House in Feb. 13, 2017. A new poll finds the vast majority of Canadians are willing to walk away from NAFTA talks if they result in a

A vast majority of Canadians say the government should ditch NAFTA if current renegotiations end in a "bad deal for Canadians and the environment." In an EKOS poll carried out for the Council of Canadians, 77 per cent of respondents said Canada would be better off with no deal than a bad deal; 48 per cent strongly agreed. The poll did not define what a "bad deal" would look like, but it does suggest Canadians on all sides of the political spectrum are willing to play hardball on trade with the United States. Why NAFTA matters to Canadians:

Among self-identified Conservatives, 69 per cent agreed Canada should bail on a "bad deal," while 77 per cent of Liberals, 80 per cent of Bloc Quebecois voters and 81 per cent of NDP voters agreed. Green voters were the likeliest to agree with rejecting the pact, at 90 per cent. "Many NAFTA proponents are saying that the deal is too big to fail, that there is no alternative, but people do not agree with that argument," said Maude Barlow, honorary chairperson of the Council of Canadians.

Aaron Bernstein / Reuters Canada's foreign minister, Chrystia Freeland, speaks at a news conference about the start of NAFTA renegotiations at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 16, 2017.