Mr. Speaker, the final petition has to do with our everyday heroes, police officers and firefighters.
The petitioners would like to bring to the attention of the House that police officers and firefighters are required to place their lives at risk on a daily basis.
The employment benefits they receive often provide insufficient compensation to the families of public safety officers killed in the line of duty. They also point out that the public mourns those losses.
Therefore the petitioners pray and call upon parliament to establish a public safety officers compensation fund for the benefit of families of police officers, firefighters and other public safety officers killed in the line of duty.