Additional $300 "negotiation fee"

Well what an unpleasant surprise when I opened my mail from the OMA yesterday. My annual legislated membership fees are due. In addition, I am told that the executive have decided to pick my pocket for another $300 to support further negotiations with the Ministry of Health. I'm not sure I really got anything from the first round and the proposed agreement that the profession voted down. Besides, I don't think the Ministry will be open to further negotiation anyway. They will decide what the final agreement will be and legislate it in. So what will the OMA do with another $300 of mine? I would happily agree to pay the money if it was used to hire professional negotiators. I have great respect for the amount of work that our physician representatives put in trying to get a good agreement but physicians are trained for skills other than negotiation with government. We should pay for professionals to assist us. I think at this point I will send in my basic dues and let them chase me down for the additional $300. At some point I'm sure the MOH will just withhold it from my billings. It seems like a feeble protest but if all Ontario physicians did it...the impact would be significant.