However, in May Cardin abandoned his plans for a new party on May 8, 1945, declaring his desire to use the new party to bring about the "unity and equality" of both the province and the country as "an illusion", due to the failure of the more radical Bloc populaire canadien and other nationalists to join his movement and unite behind his leadership. One serious problem for Cardin was hostility towards him from former Montreal mayor Camillien Houde who had been interned during the war for his opposition to conscription and was attempting to lead his own group of candidates in the 1945 election.
In May 1945, Cardin abandoned his plans to create a new political party, recognizing that achieving unity and equality between the province and the country was an illusion due to the lack of support from other nationalist groups and the opposition he faced from Camillien Houde, a former Montreal mayor who had been interned for opposing conscription.