As our members know, we have been offering Key Elements training since the start of the year for grandfathered registrants. We do this for FREE because, as a not-for-profit, we see this as a way to give back value to our members. OMVIC charges $202.86.

As our members also know, OMVIC’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD) begins on April 1, 2026 and will affect the vast majority of registered dealers and salespeople on their next renewal cycle.

OMVIC wants $99 for this from dealers every year, and salespeople every two years.

By our calculations, OMVIC will rake in over 4 million dollars from registrants as a result of all this in the coming cycle. Of course, some of this will be paid to Georgian College for Key Elements, but it sure looks like more than “cost recovery” which OMVIC keeps telling everyone.

What OMVIC don’t tell anyone, is what those real costs actually are. Interestingly, OMVIC’s deficit last year was just over 4 million dollars, so that may be closer to the truth of all this. OMVIC are more concerned with your money than your education.

 Meanwhile, starting April 1st, the UCDA will be offering CPD training FREE of charge.

We asked OMVIC to share CPD material with us so we could make that training even better, more focused and efficient. Maureen Harquail, OMVIC’s boss, said this: “the [CPD] program is proprietary to OMVIC …”.

 OMVIC are a not-for-profit organization, we’d like to see them act like it.

If you are interested in any of the UCDA’s educational offerings contact education@ucda.org or call the office at 416-231-2600 or 1-800-268-2598 and ask for Val or Sukh. Please visit our website for more information at https://www.ucda.org/education/ucda-continuing-education/