An Act to protect firefighters, paramedics and other first responders

Bill C-345 was a Conservative Private Member's Bill creating federal-jurisdiction protections for firefighters, paramedics, and other first responders facing on-the-job assault, harassment, and intimidation. Brought after the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions reported 64 percent of nurses experienced violence in the workplace in 2023, and the Canadian Volunteer Fire Services Association reported a 41-percent increase in physical assaults on volunteer firefighters between 2020 and 2024. The bill would have added a federal Public Safety Officers Protection Framework with mandatory federal-provincial-territorial coordination on assault-prevention training, post-traumatic-stress-injury supports under the Government Employees Compensation Act, and federal recognition of First Responders Day (May 1).