The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition that François Legault won near-unanimous approval from the party faithful at Coalition Avenir Québec's weekend convention on Sunday. The Globe's Konrad Yakabuski writes that fully 98.6 per cent of the nearly 1,000 CAQ members who attended the event reaffirmed their confidence in the CAQ co-founder, who clinched a decisive second mandate as Premier in a general election just seven months ago. Even so, the Soviet-style endorsement by CAQ members was a hollow victory for Mr. Legault. It demonstrated the utter lack of intellectual depth or curiosity within the 12-year-old party that once aimed to reform Quebec. The most hotly debated item on the convention agenda involved a resolution to allow Montreal drivers to turn right at a red light. It was voted down. There was not a peep of criticism from CAQ members about Mr. Legault's move last month to renege on the party's signature election promise in the Quebec City area: to build an underwater tunnel for automobile traffic between the capital and its southshore suburbs. A May 2 Léger poll conducted for TVA showed CAQ support in the greater Quebec City area plummeting by 14 percentage points (to 26 per cent) since February.