Modernization and New Growth
Following Duguay`s resignation, former federal and provincial candidate Jesse Travis was appointed interim leader, and a leadership race for Duguay`s replacement was scheduled for 2011. Initially two candidates entered the race: campaign director Dominic Cardy and former provincial candidate Pierre Cyr. Cyr however withdrew from the race and thus Cardy was acclaimed as party leader. Cardy embarked on a process of modernizing the party's platform and organization, bringing the party in line with modern social democratic based on the Third Way model. Since Cardy became leader, the party's popularity has increased to over 20% in opinion polls. At the 2012 party convention, Cardy was endorsed by 82% of the voting members in a leader review vote.
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