Thursday 1 October 2015

First Responder Protection Liberal Candidate from Canada



October 1, 2015
First Responders

Mental Health Policy  to protect First Responders as stated by the  Federal Liberal Candidate from Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada.
Yes sir. My apologies for having the reponse sent from this email account. It should be from teamrusnak@rusnak2015.ca
On 30 Sep 2015 21:53, "paul murphy" <paul_murphy747@hotmail.com> wrote:
Just to be clear. I intend on adding this statement to my blog. Is this the Liberal Policy?

Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network.
From: Johnny de Bakker
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 8:26 PM
Subject: Email response

Dear Paul,
Thank you for your e-mail regarding the protection of our First Responders. I recognize the men and women who work in First Response are an important part of our community, and I will advocate for a more comprehensive approach to supporting them and their families.
It is unfortunate that the Harper government has failed to provide compensation to the families of first responders who are killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty, eliminated critical funding from Heavy Urban Search and Rescue Teams (HUSARs), and failed to invest adequately in first-responders’ mental health needs.
A Liberal government will create an indexed Public Safety Officer Compensation Benefit (PSOC) valued at $300,000 for the families of deceased or permanently disabled firefighters, police officers and paramedics, as well as invest $1.6 million per year in HUSARs. We will also ensure the highest quality mental health care is available to first responders.
We ask first responders to stand in harms’ way to protect us and keep us safe; they deserve the highest level of support and care from their country and that is exactly what they will get from a Liberal government.
Yours Very Truly
Don