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

I cannot afford a 37% increase in professional fees. As a widow with three young children - I’ve already had to pick up a casual job plus the full time I was already working to get by. This really makes me disrespect a professional organization that is supposed to support me and my career.

I do not agree with this proposed increase in registration fees. This increase is greater than the annual inflation rate since 2011. Furthermore, this rate is greater WITHOUT including sales tax. I also read a comment from a member that indicated that relocation to an area that has a cheaper cost of living for your head office would be advantageous. I agree with this comment. Perhaps making amendments, changes and cutbacks at the college would be a better utilized change. Furthermore, transparency in the allocation of the CMRITO funds needs to be made public. In that I mean where funds have previously been used, where they are currently being used and where these funds will be used in the future need to be detailed and layed out to members of the college. Blindly (and that is how I and others around me feel) increasing membership fees will only bring about anger and resentment towards the college. As cost-of-living increases, job security and satisfaction decreases, the idea of making a large bump in membership fees does not bode well for maintaining a strong work force within the CMRITO. Nor does it bode well for those in the future looking into a career within the fields under the umbrella of the CMRITO. Making a blanket/vague statement that states that membership fees have not increased since 2011 is not a justification when the accounting details of our membershipq

Mrt’s have almost the highest dues that are not physicians. Professions that have higher dues, make ALOT more money than mrt’s. Mrt’s are already few and far between and with the increase in dues, it will drive anyone away from becoming a mrt.

It’s honestly ridiculous to think the technologists who pay for yearly fees would be okay with a 37% increase. Every Canadian is struggling right now, and you want to make it more difficult for all of us. Find another way to reach your financial goals, I’m sure some upper management that’s making hundreds of thousands more than technologists can pay some higher fees themselves. You’re comparing registration fees from other profession, but the professions that make approximately the same amount of money as MRTs (lab techs, nurses, dental hygienists) are paying lower fees than we are right now. Most of the professions you’re trying to say pay more fees than us are DOCTORS. They CAN pay more fees than us. They make way more money than us. I don’t think I’ve ever had any benefit from being part of this college. I do it because I must. Show us what you’re actually doing to help our profession and MAYBE we’ll be more understanding of you charging us higher yearly fees.

Absolutely disagree with increase membership, and would NOT SUPPORT it at all. The CMRITO chairmans never have fight for us to increase our payments in Ontario clinics. Never provide special program to improve our skills, never gave us a discount code to collect CMEs needed. Now they need to rise our membership amount for what?

I understand the need to increase fees to achieve financial sustainability but to increase it by this much (almost 37% hike) is downright ridiculous. With such a high cost of living and staffing constraints all throughout the field, this makes now the worst time to propose such a thing. I work in a GOVERNMENT related HEALTHCARE field and am subjected to SUCH HIGH licence fees already which makes this steep increase unacceptable and makes me question if this field is even worth it. It just makes more sense that our employers either pay for their employee’s fees or part of it, this would be fair.

This is disappointing and disgusting. Get rid of your prime real estate office. We already pay the most out of all health professionals- and for what?

I am comfortable with the registration increase if there is some sort of free education incentive included to complete the mandatory annual education.

Please list a chart with the college fees and the typical annual income. Then tell us it’s fair. For a field struggling to keep and recruit members, this is a big deterrent. This will drive away some casual staff who also not want to work as much, but many sites depend on. (And some part and full time well). In trying to “meet your financial goals” you will dig a deeper hole. What happened to the extra fees from the sonographers? Maybe you should be looking to trim the fat to meet financial goals, like the rest of us have to do.

I strongly dislike the proposed changes to the fee schedule. I do not see a benefit to the members having to pay more, i do not see any benefit to what the CMRITO does. I cannot afford this fee increase, and I do not support it.

I already can hardly afford rent as a single income household working full time already. I shouldn’t have to pay this much money just to be able to work! 37% increase is absolutely outrageous. Do better! This is ridiculous.

This is unfair. The proposed increase amounts to almost 40%. Any increase should be kept in line with Ontario's rate of inflation. If the College is proposing such a drastic increase, there needs to be more transparency- how much have the College's costs gone up and where exactly will this money be used? It would be nice to a financial breakdown of how the College uses the money we pay them If we are comparing what other health care professionals pay in relation to their maximum salaries, example, nurses, the RN's have much lower college fees and higher maximum pay than Technologists. It is unfair to charge a part-time or casual worker such a steep College fee. Those working casually and considering retirement will be pushed to retire. There is already a shortage of Technologists in Ontario, this fee increase will only encourage more to leave the profession.

I feel this increase is a slap in the face. We are so underpaid and short staffed and to have a 36% increase in our fees is unacceptable. When so many of us are just scrapping by financially, it amazes that anybody who makes these decisions thinks that this increase is even remotely acceptable. Did you even think at all about your members and how this large increase would affect them and their families?

I understand that the last increase was in 2011, but this one seems too excessive. I know that the CMRITO's role is to protect the public, with such increase, will the College consider protecting its members? What other services and resources will be provided? What is its financial goal for 2028? Can we get more information ? Mostly, we want support from the CMRITO by using the funds judiciously.

We pay double to triple what nurses pay in registration fees. Also, ultrasound techs as a new addition increase payments? Also, what do we as registrants actually see in return for this fee, besides useless spam emails. 99% of registrants are normal unproblematic people that don’t need CMRITO involvement. Would be curious to know the CEO and top earners pays.

Absolutely tone deaf and greedy. Look at the economic climate and read the room. Considering the staffing situation at most hospitals, you're not helping by raising our already exorbitant fees and literally no paying member would support this increase. This is greed pure and simple and you will be losing members and alienating prospective students with this decision. Nobody behind this choice cares however, this comment section is only provided to tick a box and seem transparent. We consulted the public, see? Sickening. Can't make do with the current fees? Make some cuts and look at wastful practices at the corporate level! Don't try and wring out the working class.

Personally, I would prefer small increases year over year instead of a big hike. But I understand it's not easy to make a change when it has to be done through policy.

The amount we pay is a high sum already and a 37% fee annual increase is outrageous. I would like to be informed as to what these financial goals are.

I don't want to increase the annual fees

This increase is absolutely ridiculous. I work in a clinic. We are HIGHLY overworked and underpaid. I have not had a wage increase in years and don’t make close to a hospital tech wage. I want to retire but can’t afford to yet and the college wants to make me pay MORE for doing a job that has become intolerable. The amount time spent on CE outside of work is unacceptable and now an increase in fees? Forget it. Figure something else out. The addition of sonographers should offset any ‘potential’ increase but I’m sure the decision has ALREADY been made.