Paradis chose not to run for the Liberal Party leadership when Robert Bourassa resigned for health reasons in 1993.Rhéal Séguin, "Johnson backers try to place him in front", The Globe and Mail, 23 September 1993, A4. Before Bourassa's resignation, a report in the Montreal Gazette indicated that Paradis was popular in the countryside but not in urban centres and that party insiders regarded his management style as erratic. See Sarah Scott, "Liberals eye Pierre Marc Johnson as leader", Montreal Gazette, 29 May 1993, A1. Daniel Johnson won the leadership without opposition.Rhéal Séguin, "Johnson to replace Bourassa by default", The Globe and Mail, 14 December 1993, A1.
