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OTTAWA — Former Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa was reportedly famous for saying that the province was easier to govern when the Montreal Canadiens are winning. For Christine Fréchette, this might be partly true. But there’s more to her success story. The new premier, who took the reins of François Legault’s flailing Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) last month, has managed to make the CAQ bounce back in the polls, to the point where it could shake things up significantly for the election set to happen in October. This week’s Léger poll for Le Journal de Montréal found that Fréchette’s...