Students Goad The Government Into A Battle Over Civil Liberties

　　WHEN Jean Charest, Quebec’s premier, announced in February that he would seek to raise university-tuition fees by a total of C$1,625 ($1,575) over the next five years, an increase of 60%, he picked a favourable political fight. Higher education in Quebec is the cheapest in Canada, and the public has shown little sympathy for the student groups protesting about the proposal. They have staged a series of night-time demonstrations in central Montr