Enhance compensation for public safety officers who are permanently disabled or killed in the line of duty.

What success looks like

Public safety officers who are permanently disabled or killed in the line of duty, and their families, are appropriately compensated.

Government's narrative on progress

In March 2017, the government announced the creation of a tax-free community heroes benefit that will support the families of firefighters, police officers and paramedics who died in the line of duty. Through the Memorial Grant Program for First Responders, families of first responders that lose a loved one as a direct result of their duties, will receive a one-time lump sum, tax-free payment of $300,000. The Program took effect on April 1, 2018. On September 7, 2018, Public Safety Canada announced that a third-party service provider had been contracted to administer this initiative. Grants will be awarded to eligible families in this calendar year. The third-party service provider’s website became fully operational on December 20, 2018. Grant payments to eligible families have already begun.

Note: this is the government's own description, not an independent assessment.