Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present a petition signed by a number of Canadians, including in my own riding of Mississauga South.
The petitioners would like to draw to the attention of the House that police officers and firefighters are required to place their lives at risk on a daily basis and that when one of them loses their life in the line of duty, employment benefits do not often provide sufficient compensation to their families and also that the public mourn that loss of police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty and wish to support in a tangible way the surviving families in their time of need.
The petitioners, therefore, call upon Parliament to establish a public safety officers compensation fund for the benefit of families of public safety officers who are killed in the line of duty.