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

The fee is inexcusably high. I'm really not concerned about your financial goals for 2028 when my financial goals for 2024 are in doubt. My salary hasn't gone up 40% in the last couple of years and i can't see how such an increase is justified. I suggest that other cost saving measures be found including decreasing the number of staff and representatives. maybe finding cheaper office space and honestly actually helping members get more pay by actually advocating for us. The lack of pandemic pay still stings and the constant erosion of our protected practise is further helping to erode our salaries. From institutions being able to hire non fully licensed foreign workers and of course the introduction at many sites the new position of technologist helpers. Between that and the private clinics and staffing agencies that are running amuck i'm not sure what excatly you're regulating. In fact with improvements in technology i would except administration needs and costs to go down. honestly i'm strongly against this increase and i'm going to advocate that all my co workers also make their voices heard. No one is currently happy with the CMRITO and honestly if we had any choice we would not participate or give you any money.

I expressing my concern regarding the recent increase in the annual registration fee imposed by the College of Medical Radiation and Imaging Technologists of Ontario (CMRITO). As a working professional in the field, I find this increase to be both surprising and troubling. The CMRITO's mission is to support and regulate our profession, ensuring that we maintain high standards within our practice. However, a significant increase in registration fees places a financial burden on practitioners, especially to those who are starting their careers or are working in underfunded areas. Many of us are already dealing with the high cost of living, increasing the fees not only adds onto the financial burden to technologists. In addition, during the pandemic many of us feel that the college did not advocate for any pandemic pay or overall wage increases, while other professions received this support we did not. Especially with the job market nowadays, there is a high demand for technologists. I would appreciate clarity regarding justification for this increase. I find the email to be very vague by letting members of this community know that "it will help the college reach financial goals/maintain long financial stability"- for what specifically? More transparency about where these funds are allocated would be nice. I highly urge the CMRITO to reconsider this increase and explore alternative funding strategies that do not cause financial burden on its members. I think this increase has caused a decrease in morale within our profession, and people are physically and mentally exhausted.

Our wages are not enough to be able to afford this raise.

That's insane! A 36% increase at a time is not acceptable when our registrants are struggling to make ends meet. You should get office space cheaper than University Ave! Many of your positions could also work from home further reducing the need for expensive overhead/rent. We already have the highest professional fees compared to other healthcare providers.

I disagree with the large increase in fees, with the current economic situation everyone is struggling to make ends meet, and paying even more to just be able to practice my profession is ridiculous!

I disagree with a 36% increase in fees when we as members don't see any benefits other than for you guys. This college is a joke. Find other solutions to stay within the budget, increasing fees is a temporary situation until the next fee raise!!

As a CMRITO member, I cannot imagine another increase in price for something. In Ontario, we are all STRUGGLING with cost of living. It is strangling us!!! I will be looking into another profession if this happens and so will many other MRTs. We cannot afford to live!!!

The fees are already quite expense compared to other regulated health professionals. And our wages have not increased enough to be able to factor in an almost $200 increase in our annual fees

This is an absolutely ridiculous increase annually. Maybe 20 or 50 dollars, but to increase the annual feel by this much is incredibly taxing on a work force that is already struggling with mental, emotional, and physical overload in today's post COVID world. With inflation and a difficulty to even exist, to take this much money from everyone just trying to survive is a change I frankly don't think is necessary. If the college can't sustain itself without taking money from people that are just trying to make a living, then the college needs to re-evaluate many things. We should not be keeping you afloat when I'm trying to keep my family afloat.

I feel it is quite unfair to drastically raise a fee like that. In a time where it is so difficult to make ends meet, it seems very inconsiderate of you. ONA pays a lot less than our current fee and they also make a lot more money than we do. We were completely disregarded during the pandemic and now we’re expected to pay a ridiculous amount. This change will also negatively impact the help we get from our casual colleagues. This yearly increase won’t make sense for them to pay for the amount of shifts they take as a casual worker. I hope you will reconsider this drastic increase as it will impact us more than you know.

I don't believe this a move that the college needs & I do not support the increase as a paying member of the college.

Considering MRITs are paying some of the highest registration fees, increasing the cost is not beneficial to the members whatsoever, and it hinders recruitment for more MRITs in the future

Would be preferable to have slow increase yearly to such a large increase out of the blue…

A near 40% increase is not acceptable. Ontario is only province that an MRT is required to have both a CMRITO and a CMART license to apply for jobs and work in our field. Changes should be made by the CMRITO to change office locations or reduce spending in other ways rather than increase fees. MRT's are busier than ever, interest rates are climbing, housing is more expensive, the last thing we need are additional fees to allow us to maintain our jobs. I'm honestly so shocked that increasing the fees this much was even suggested.

As a member of CMRTIO, I strongly oppose the increased annual registration fees. When comparing the fees and starting salaries for radiation therapists outside Ontario, there's a significant disparity. They face lower fees and receive higher hourly rates. Additionally, Ontario is experiencing a shortage of therapists. There is not enough staff retaining in Ontario to accommodate for the population. Which contributes to increased burnout, greater risk of error, increased in late diagnosis and delayed treatment for patients. The rising cost of living in Ontario has also diminished the appeal of working in Ontario. I believe these fee increases will have a detrimental effect on healthcare workers in the province already feeling undervalued and overwhelmed with increase in workload. In order to compensate for this the annual registration fees should in fact be reduced.

I am an ultrasound technologist in a small outpatient vascular lab, and our team makes substantially less than those in hospitals and in other professions under the CMRITO. We never received any COVID compensation pay, and we have watched our colleagues at the hospital receive raise after raise while COL rises. An increase this substantial seems unfair to say in the least. I have difficulty finding the words to express my insurmountable frustration with this raise…

As a sonographer that is registered with CMRITO, sonography Canada and ARDMS, my yearly dues are already $1000 per year as is with CMRITO fees at $470. I am required by my employer to hold sonography Canada along with my required CMRITO registration. The list of fees for each health profession included as an attachment to this proposed fee increase does not take into consideration that many imaging technologists don’t just have one registration fee and already pay on par (if not more) to many other health professions just to a few separate regulatory bodies. I think that the large yearly increase is unfair to imaging technologists. A more fair solution in my opinion would be to do a small yearly increase over the next few years rather than a rapid increase all at once. I also believe that a financial breakdown of why the large increase is necessary should be provided to all members for transparency reasons since the email does not provide any relevant reasons to needing such a large fee increase from more than 12000 members other than to reach the organizations financial goals. Each individual member has their own financial goals and paying per year to be regulated and able to work is difficult enough as is let alone increasing the cost per year for each member (which for me with the changes would amount to around $1200 in fees). I believe many people are going to strongly oppose these changes and I hope that a better more fair solution can be brought forward that doesn’t penalize hard working technologists.

I think the increase is too high and should be increased slowly by 50$/year maximum...this hike is quite substantial for members to pay, a 35% in one shot is not justified , this represents a 170$ plus taxes, therefore almost 200$ increase!! We have increased the # of registrations with the sonographers coming on board, therefore should have more registrations to cover costs!! I do not agree with the increase..should be like rent , only allowed to increase a certain % per year!!

This is a ridiculous amount to increase the annual fee to. Sonographers don’t even get a raise adequate to an increase like this. And with having to pay other fees such as Sonography Canada and ARDMS. If you want to increase the fee, increase sonographers pay to match.

Too much increase plus tax. No salary increase for us to compesate the propose CMRITO annual registration fee.