Mr. Speaker, the second petition has to do with our public safety officers, police officers and firefighters.
The petitioners want to draw to the attention of the House that our police officers and firefighters place their lives at risk on a daily basis as they discharge their responsibilities and that when one of them loses their life in the line of duty, the benefits available to the family often are very modest.
Therefore the petitioners would like to call on the government 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.