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After nearly ten years in office, the premiere of Canada’s Quebec province, Jean Charest, could be voted out in today\u2019s elections. Charest is a member of Quebec’s Liberal Party and polls show that he is set to lose to the student-favorite, Parti Quebecois (PQ). Quebec and its largest city, Montreal, has been the site of mass student protests and strikes since mid-February, in response to the Charest government’s announced plans to raise tuition by 75% over the next five years. In order to lessen the growing wave of strikes, the Liberal Party quickly passed into law emergency Bill 78 which imposes heavy fines on groups that try to stop classes. The law, now known as Special Law 12 also allows for police presence in demonstrations of 50 or more people. <\/p>\n