Are Canadian Taxes Paying for Stolen Organs?
Taxpayers could be footing the bill for patients who receive organ transplants from persecuted groups in China, says a recent report. A revised report on organ harvesting in China entitled “Bloody Harvest” concludes that a major portion of the organs being used in China’s booming transplant trade come from unwilling donors, most notably Falun Gong practitioners. The report, authored by former MP David Kilgour and human rights lawyer David Matas, details how a sudden explosion of organ transplants in China in 2000 coincided with mass arrests and imprisonment of tens of thousands of Falun Gong practitioners. The report also states that a high proportion of transplant recipients come from countries other than China. In British Columbia, about 42 people have traveled to China for transplants in the past 5 to 10 years, according to BC Transplant Society spokesperson Ken Donahue. He said BC does not reimburse patients that receive transplants in other countries but they can receive aftercare
