Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to present a petition signed by a number of Canadians, including from my 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 as they discharge their duties. When one of them is killed in the line of duty, their employment benefits do not often provide sufficient compensation to their families to deal with their needs. The public mourns that loss when a police officer or a firefighter is killed in the line of duty and they wish to support in a tangible way the surviving families in their time of need.
The petitioners therefore ask 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.