Proposed changes to By-law No. 60 regarding annual registration fee

There is no information regarding what these "financial goals" are. Without context, this increase in fees looks awfully suspicious. I've looked through the financial statements and I note a significant increase in staff salaries (50% of the revenue and few years ago compared to nearly 70% of the revenue this year!!). I also note an early renewal of the office lease with an increased cost. MRITs need answers - at this time I am skeptical of where our hard earned money will be used toward. I disagree with the increased fees going toward salaries or poorly managed funds.

- Maybe the CMRITO can reduce costs by getting rid of the downtown Toronto office and moving somewhere more affordable or have people work from home and get rid of the office all together -There is a chart comparing different college fees, I would argue that many of the colleges are for professions that are not comparable to ours (i.e. We should not be lumped in with physicians)

I vote NO to the increase of dues! I believe our dues are to high to begin with! Look at nursing; why can theirs be that low?? Raising our dues may cause people to leave the profession or deter them from entering the profession.

Our fees are too high as it is! Not too long ago Sonographers were added to the college so you have seen a substantial increase in revenue. You are comparing us to other allied health who make more money and have less members, it makes sense that they pay more. Next to nursing we have the most members. I’m not sure why you feel this 37% increase is necessary, it’s not disclosed. Give your heads a shake and tighten your own belts, we are barely hanging on as it is!

This is unacceptable. With the addition of ultrasound Technologists recently, there should be more than enough to manage the CMRITO. MRT’s are already working in a deficit, this fee increase will decrease the interest and deter future MRT’s into this profession. There are no benefits to the MRTs that CMRITO provides to us Technologists that justifies this increase. Nothing has changed drastically to the practice.

Hi there. I am a registered diagnostic sonographer and I am strongly again raising fees. To my knowledge the CMRITO is our governing body of imaging however I do not benefit from the CMRITO in anyway, the CMRITO is mostly for patients and to protect them. I feel that making the registrants pay more for the fees is complete unfair and we already have enough fee's to pay to the CMRITO and Sonography Canada in order to practice in Canada. Sonographers in Ontario MUST be a member of the CMRITO in order to work and practice in Ontario. Raising fee's will encourage sonographers to move to other provinces to work and live as there is no governing body other than Sonography Canada (which we already pay). These fee's already come out of our own pockets and are not covered by our organization/employer. What are the fee's being used for anyways? to increase the wages of the CMRITO employees....? I don't believe taking more money for hard working individuals to pay MORE CMRITO fees is ethically right, we pay enough as is.

This program already has ridiculously high fees with what feels like no benefits to sonographers. This organization regulates its members by grandfathering in untrained technologists and was unable to advocate for its members during the pandemic. I'm curious where these exorbitant fees go to in the first place other than creating more meaningless work for members to retain membership and lining the pockets of what feels to be an already bloated organization.

The annual fee was already too high. The new fee is ridiculous and should NOT be approved .

I don’t agree on the increase of the annual registration fee, because it’s quite a big increase. With the rising cost of living and the non proportional salary increase, this will put sonographers in a financial distress that affects their mental wellness and their overall performance.

Already paying too much. Don’t want any increase.

It’s too much especially with the high costs we are experiencing these days and our celery is still the same not increased

I believe the increase to the fees is completely outrageous and unacceptable. When comparing to other registered professionals (ex: nurses, RT's, etc.) our fees are already astronomical. We are currently dealing with the province wide shortage of MRTs, and this will further increase the frustrations of working technologists and deter new techs from registering. We do not feel supported. We are struggling to stay afloat and this is yet another blow. Consider other alternatives to alleviated financial burdens.

Subject: Concerns Regarding Membership Fee Increases Dear CMRITO, I hope this email finds you well. I am writing to express my concerns regarding the recent membership fee increases. While I understand that fees are necessary to maintain the regulatory functions of our profession, I feel that the increase is difficult to justify, particularly given the challenges we continue to face as medical radiation technologists. One of my primary concerns is the lack of public awareness of our profession. Despite the crucial role we play in the healthcare system, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, our profession often seems underrepresented. The fact that we are often addressed as " Technician" and still aren't addressed properly as a Technologist. We see advertisement about RNs on TV all the time, but what has the college done for MRTs. This lack of visibility diminishes the recognition and appreciation of our work, which, in turn, affects our standing in negotiations for fair compensation and benefits. Moreover, I believe there was an insufficient advocacy effort from our governing body during the pandemic regarding pandemic pay. Other healthcare professionals received financial acknowledgment for their frontline contributions, yet many of us felt overlooked. Given the immense pressure and risk we faced during that period, stronger representation from CMRITO would have been greatly appreciated. In light of these issues, I find it difficult to understand the rationale for increasing membership fees. I hope that CMRITO will take these concerns into consideration and provide greater transparency about how these funds are being utilized to benefit and advocate for our profession. Thank you for your attention to this matter. I look forward to hearing your thoughts and any steps being taken to address these concerns. Sincerely,

I think this increase is absurd. I fully understand needing to raise fees a little but this increase of $173 dollars is absolutely ridiculous. With the increased cost of living in Ontario. With an MRT shortage in healthcare, we are only going to drive people away. It is always discouraging when we are paying significantly more than nurses or other allied health professions. You have an increase in numbers with sonographers, which adds to your revenue. If you need to increase by this much it screams of financial mismanagement! Maybe this should be looked into!

It's unacceptable

I just recieved the email about the dues increase. I have several things to say - how can you justify such a steep increase? I realize they haven't been raised since 2011 but perhaps better planning would be a slight increase anually instead of this ridiculous amount all at once - perhaps you could move to a cheaper area of Toronto or downsize your staff so that those of us working frontline don't have to bare the cost of your increasing budget it is maddening enough to have to pay dues to an organization that does ABSOLUTELY nothing for me or to protect me without this huge increase - I think you would find that few if any members see any value in your organization. I have a manager who has a manager who reports to the CEO plus I have a union. There is already a mechanism in place to del with complaints. You are redundant You say you may go bankrupt? Ok go bankrupt you need not think any of us would be swayed by that argument Are we going to hear from you on this backlash. It’s great that you are accepting the thousands of complaints but are you listening?will you address it? Is this just us standing up for ourselves in vain because you know you hold us hostage in order to keep our jobs? At least this woke us up to the knowledge that we have to pay attention to what you are doing with our money I saw a post on your Facebook page about a meeting held to extend terms of some council From what I could find you make 260$ to attend that meeting and 260$ to prepare for that meeting. 520$ per member to simply extend terms. Are you actually serious?

we strongly disagree with new proposed changes to annual registration fee. With high inflation rate and no any increase in salaries, we can hardly afford the current registration fee

My stomach actually dropped when I read the proposed changes. I am strongly against the ridiculous fee increase. We barely are making ends meet already and we don't receive very much in cost of living increases. This propostion is absurd.

Not feasible at all.

To state that "the proposed annual registration fee will continue to be lower than 21 of the 25 other RHPA Colleges" is unfair, when a number of those regulatory bodies have staff that make substantially more than an MRT would (ie. dentists, physicians, chiropractors etc). To gain support from the CMRITO registrants, I think it would be nice to see what areas have been identified to "cut back on" to support from the other side - instead of having the members take full responsibility. And, why was this need not identified on the previous annual financial reviews? Also, if there is a need for this, it would be nice for support and someone knowledgeable from the CMRITO when issues are brought forward - on previous inquires, I am not given straight answers and they have often referred me to CMART / OAMRS.