Value for Money

RELATIVE TO WHAT?

An average Canadian spends each month on everyday items such as:

• Coffee: ~$35/month

• Cell phone service: ~$55/month

• Car insurance: ~$130/month

• Gas: ~$140/month

• Etc. — plus many other routine monthly expenses we all recognize.

Now ask yourself:

How much do you currently spend per month on influencing public policy to benefit yourself as a Canadian citizen — both personally and professionally?

For most people, the answer is $0/month. (But you're smarter than most people, that's why you're on this website.)

Many would agree that, in relative terms, this lack of spend is unreasonable. Has your current strategy been simply to hope the situation in Canada improves for citizens like yourself?

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WHAT IF THERE WERE AN ALTERNATIVE?

What if you could spend $20–$140 per month on a core program focused on:

• Public policy solutions research

• Public dissemination of those solutions

• Direct engagement with decision-makers

Would you take advantage of that opportunity?

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RETURN ON INVESTMENT (ROI)

How much would meaningful improvements in public policy outcomes be worth to the average Canadian like yourself?

Based on conservative estimates:

• Health: ~$5,000/year

• Defence: ~$1,000/year

• Economy: ~$7,000/year

• Society: ~$2,000/year

• Families: ~$7,000/year

• More areas of value (not included in this calculation)

Total value: ~$22,000 per year to you in potential public policy improvements.
That’s approximately $1,833 per month.

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THE MATH

For an investment of just $20–$140 per month, the potential benefit is $1,800+ per month.

That represents an approximate 2,150% potential ROI.

And this calculation does not include:

• Networking opportunities

• Professional and personal benefits of the Members Services program

• Limited-time membership discounts

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THE REAL QUESTION

Can you afford not to try it?

Do you believe you can influence your environment — particularly when acting collectively (outsourced to OCI) with other Canadian citizens?
Or do you believe you are entirely dependent on your environment, at its whim?

Do you have the bandwidth to coalesce Canadian citizens, develop the correct information and properly inform decision-makers on your own? Of course if you think Canadians are generally not in need of improvements to their situations then maybe this is not a necessary service to you.

The question isn’t whether you can afford to try a reasonable monthly investment into your future, with no time commitment.

The question is whether you can afford not to try it (a membership).