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

Best I can do is $3.50

Its absurd to think imposing a fee increase of over 30% is acceptable. No MRT wages have increase 30% over the the same time frame. If the organization is having trouble managing its budget, perhaps it should consider cheaper office space than one of the most expensive areas in all of Ontario. Please reconsider something more reasonable.

I find it extremely upsetting that you need to increase the annual registration fees. We are struggling to pay our daily expenses. If anything you need to decrease the fees. Some of us are struggling to put food on the table since our salary doesn't increase as fast as everything.

Ridiculous

What if everyone just stopped paying their yearly fees? Our jobs would not change at all. As a sonographer, our credentials can be looked up by the public on ARDMS or Sonography Canada. CMRITO literally does nothing. They deserve $0, let alone this much of an increase they are looking for.

Keep fees affordable. Cost of living is already high in Ontario. Proposed fees increase is too much for registrants. Some registrants work only part time and cannot afford these increases. We would like a freeze in fees increase.

A 37% increase in the annual registration fee is an unreasonably high amount. Although there have been no fee increases in the past 13 years, the cost of living and our wages have NOT increased by 37% in that same time frame. It would be much more reasonable to have smaller incremental increases in fees that are in line with inflation. And if the college is running a deficit, it should first consider cost-cutting measures and look for areas of unnecessary/over spending rather than increase its members' fees by an exorbitant amount. At a time when we are already short on MRTs, such high registration fees will just further discourage people from entering this field. It is also pointless to compare our registration fees with other professions' as our incomes and number of registrants are all different. There are many other professionals who do pay a higher annual fee than we do, but they also have a much higher income than us. There are also professions who must pay a higher fee due to a much smaller number of registrants. Our profession does not have a particularly high average income and our registrant pool has also increased in size in the past few years due to the entry of ultrasound techs into the college.

This is not a reasonable increase. I would agree to $100 increase this year and build from there. Perhaps it's time to eliminate your office space since most staff work from home.

Why are MRTs and sonographers paying more dues than nurses and probably making less salary? Fees should have been gradually augmented. Already expensive as is, especially for those who don't work many hours in the field.

Hello, Can we please see the financial analysis justifying this change. It is not relevant to say what other colleges charge, as each college has its own financial situation. There are more members now than in 2011 due to the fact ultrasound technologists were added to the college. Even when considering the inflation from 2011 we have yet to see solid financial analysis demonstrating true budget gap. Also the college must convince its members there is no gross overspending. Respectfully,

I do not support such a large increase in fees. I don't think that the comparison chart provided is comparable to our profession, we are not paid similarly or have the same responsibility or liability as many of the listed occupations (i.e. physicians etc), why should we be compared to them? If the CMRITO wants to save money, why not give up their downtown Toronto office, I'm sure the cost of having offices in such a location would be astronomical. Could a new office location be found in a different location or city to reduce costs?

Completely unnecessary! The fees are already high enough. It is disappointing how little the CMRITO does for its members. We have never been apart of the TN visa program. Why? Lab techs, nurses and other health care professionals but not MRT’s! What has CMRITO done to fight for us to be included? Why does the CMRITO office need to be downtown Toronto? Toronto is the most expensive place to rent! Employees could easily be working remotely for this kind of job. If still needing to cut resources, cut jobs within CMRITO. There are probably too many staff members doing nothing anyway!! There is no logical reason for fees to be increasing.

I do not agree with this increase, especially without any transparency from the college about what the financial goals and needs are. This change is very steep. Increasing our fees is just adding to all the wrong with healthcare. We are already short staff in the workplace, this is just discouraging to us members. Even being on the higher end of the pay grade, everyday life with inflation is expensive enough and is a struggle to pay bills. Very discouraging. This should be reconsidered.

There is already a shortage of techs, this will not help with that. I vehemently disagree with this proposition.

I think this should be done gradually in small increments rather than a big jump of 36%

Echocardiographers don't get the fee which government pays as a technologist fee, Most of it is taken by cardiologist.

I disagree with this proposed change of the fees for our license. The comparison put out by the CMRITO that we pay lower than other professions isn’t a valid comparison as these are professions who have more training than we do as MRTs and who also have much higher salaries. We haven’t received a substantial pay raise in years, we aren’t recognized as front line workers, but we are expected to pay double what the nurses pay with this potential increase. It’s lacking empathy and consideration for the technologists that work under the CMRITO. The cost of living has gone up so exponentially and even with our job, which is considered to be above the poverty line wages, people are still struggling to afford their homes and groceries. We are expected to pay for insurance and our continuing education on top of all of this out of our own pocket. The CMRITO doesn’t protect us as techs, we have to find insurance from other governing bodies to protect us but we are expected to pay huge fees to the CMRITO and meet all these expectations and this is the response we receive. It’s disheartening to see it come down to money instead of caring about the people providing care. If it was your loved one that needed an MRT to provide care, you would hope you’re getting one that is dedicated to their job and that won’t be a result of this increased fee. You will drive people out of the profession and invite resentment to settle into the techs who already work so hard and get no recognition for being frontline. Please reevaluate the priorities of upper management needing higher bonuses at the end of the year and instead consider the techs actually doing the work.

Lack of transparency about where the fee is going, compared to other provinces this is unacceptable. BC does not have a college. The college does not protect us.

Stop stealing our money

It’s ridiculous to be charging the people who treat cancer more than you already do. Instead of charging them more focus on giving them more resources