Prime Minister Stephen Harper will receive no jail time for savagely attacking his wife Laureen in a drunken stupour, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
The Prime Minister was sentenced to 500 hours community service after pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon.
“I can afford lawyers that cost more than your salary!” Harper told a reporter form the Globe and Mail.
The Prime Minister threatened his wife of 16 years with a hunting knife after he caught her smoking marijuana in their Ottawa mansion the afternoon of Feb. 10, 2009.
When his wife threatened to divorce him, he became enraged and pushed her down a flight of stairs.
She pointed out his long-standing struggle with alcohol and called him a hypocrite, Crown prosecutor Jerry Callo told the court.
“She told him that he had already left her for vodka,” said Callo.
Harper admitted that he was drunk at the time of the incident, but said he was more ashamed of his pot-smoking wife.
“I have nothing to be ashamed of. Alcohol is legal because it’s good. Drugs are illegal because they’re bad.”
Callo told media outside court that the decision was a "travesty of justice."
"Oh the humanity! may client and I are in the depths of despair! Behold, that such perversions could manifest themselves in our democracy shatters the soul!"
The Prime Minister's defence attorney Richard Warren declined an interview, but said in an email that he was "the man."
Image of Stephen Harper form here.
Image of Laureen Harper form here.
Recent History of Ottawa as the Centre of Canada
As the political hub of Canada, Ottawa has had to tolerate stephen Harper's near-constant presence for the last four years. In that time, Canada has been more politically unstable than ever. Ruling as a minority government, harper and the Conservative Party have gained very little ground in the struggle for political change.
In the 2006 census, Ottawa was recorded as having a population of around 800 000 people. Although not Canada's most populous city, it is among the nation's most active metropoli. despite being the epicentre of an unstable political climate, the city enjoys the distinction of being one of the cleanest in North America. The city itself is under the governance of a conservative mayor, a balding, Irishman and one of Prime Minister harper's lowest underlings.
Recently, the Prime Minister provided vague and unsatisfactory responses to concerns about marijuana in Canada. One of his outstanding quotes was: "Drugs aren't bad because they're illegal. Drugs are illegal because they're bad."
Political discontent in Ottawa, Ontario and throughout the country will hopefully lead to political change come the next election.
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