X-Message-Number: 5504 From: (Brian Wowk) Newsgroups: sci.cryonics Subject: Re: Suspension in the U.K. Date: 30 Dec 95 17:35:16 GMT Message-ID: <> References: <> <> <4c2s74$> In <4c2s74$> (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. *************************************************************************** Brian Wowk CryoCare Foundation 1-800-TOP-CARE President Your Gateway to the Future http://www.cryocare.org/cryocare/ Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=5504