Stephen Harper Cannot Write

I invite gentle readers to consider the following sample from the Right Honourable Prime Minister's letter to the Globe and Mail:

"The same way that Canadians from all walks of life were stunned by this savage, senseless attack on innocent students from one deranged individual."

Now I invite you all to consider sentences. Mrs. Poetschke reminds us that a sentence is A grammatical unit that is syntactically independent and has a subject that is expressed or, as in imperative sentences, understood and a predicate that contains at least one finite verb.

It is the verb predicate that Canada's leader has forgotten in this instance. He has subordinated his clause with the use of the phrase "The same way that," and he has punctuated a dependent clause with a period. This is not a proper use for a period, and it causes his readers to await some action in a following independent clause; however, his readers wait in vain. There is no independent clause.

On behalf of the readers of the Globe and Mail, I would like to ask for an apology from Mr. Harper (or whatever high school intern wrote this letter); moreover, I would like to know when the Prime Minister will resign.