He has a tattoo of a cross on his hand, according to the CBC. Not sure if one can infer that he is an immigrant with different cultural values. I’m almost positive that hitting a women, or even a man, is against the law in Canada regardless of immigration status.
If it is a joke about polite Canadians, maybe an /s?
If this gentleman is assaulting random strangers for interactions with his wife, you can bet that he’s assaulting her regularly. This is but a small window into his behavior.
Nurses get assaulted fairly frequently at their jobs. I remember one discussion a few years back, where every single person I was working with that night had been physically assualted in the last 12 months. Things aren’t better now.