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From:  (Brian Wowk)
Newsgroups: sci.cryonics
Subject: Re: Suspension in the U.K.
Date: 30 Dec 95 17:35:16 GMT
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In <4c2s74$>   (Darran Edmundson) writes:

>In <>,  (Brian Wowk) writes:

>>The CryoCare Foundation at present only serves the U.S.
>>and Canada, ...

>Does that include residents of British Columbia?  

	Actually the second cryonics case in Canada was a British
Columbia resident done by BPI and me (for ACS) earlier this year.
Technically the BC prohibition is a prohibition against *selling*
cryonics, not *doing* cryonics (inasmuch as there is a distinction).
The net effect of the law, however, is to so intimidate the funeral
homes in BC (all owned by the bureaucratic Lowen Group), that getting
local cooperation was all but impossible.  The most expedient 
solution was to actually fly the body out of BC to Winnipeg, where
under the direction of BPI, I removed the brain, straight-froze it,
and shipped it to the U.S.  Obviously not an ideal scenario.

	The way to do cryonics in BC right now seems to be the
following: If you are dying, get out of BC.  If you are dead, get
out of BC.  CryoCare will be happy to sign up BC residents; in fact
one of our Directors spends her summers there.  If you need cryonics
service, we'll do our level best to give you the best service we
can.  However there are certainly places where our "best" will be
better than BC.

	Something you can do right now on your end, is check to see
whether there are any independent funeral homes with backbone left
in BC.  This cryonics law is really a restriction on religious 
freedom (since virtually all religions promise "resurrection" of
one kind or another), and it should enrage any funeral director
that respects people's rights to observe the "death" rituals
of their own "faith."     

	Another problem that became evident during the above case
was that NAFTA has paradoxically made it *more* difficult for
cryonics professionals (actually all professionals) to enter Canada
on business.  (See CryoCare Report #3 in the Library section of the
CryoCare Web Page for more details.)  We have investigated this
problem, and determined that the best solution is to incorporate
a Canadian subsidiary, CryoCare Canada, which we are now in the process
of doing.  As a multi-national company, CryoCare will have a much
easier time moving contractors across the border than a purely
U.S. company. 

	Another plus for CryoCare is that two of our most active
members (me and CryoCare Secretary Ben Best) are Canadian residents
and trained transport techs.  We also have two more people in
Winnipeg (including an ICU nurse) who plan to get trained by
BPI this summer.  All in all, I believe CryoCare is better prepared
to deliver cryonics to Canadians than any other organization. 	

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Brian Wowk          CryoCare Foundation               1-800-TOP-CARE
President           Your Gateway to the Future        
   http://www.cryocare.org/cryocare/

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