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

Absolutely appalling that the CMRITO would try to increase the annual fees. Our wages are stagnant and cost of living is only getting higher, why would we pay more for the college when they offer nothing towards techs? I have my license in another country and it only costs me the equivalent of $80 CAD annually. To propose an increase to over $600 is just egregious and a slap in the face to all members of the college.

This is absolutely ridiculous

I vehemently disagree with this change. Cost of living is higher. People cannot even afford necessities. In times like this raising the fee is absolutely inhumane. CMRITO does not do anything for its registrants. We get no benefits. The fee is already high for what we get out of it. We also have to pay Sonography Canada. That is too expensive to afford. If having offices in downtown Toronto is too expensive to maintain then change the offices to a location where it is more affordable or allow people to work from home as it is work that can be done from home. Healthcare workers do not get this luxury or even a choice. We are already working under very stressful conditions. This is not another stress that we need. I oppose this change.

I don’t agree with the annual fee increase. The increase is way too high. What will do for us when you have all this extra member money?

That is a very large increase especially since ultrasound techs are now included in the college. With their numbers, it should remain the same if not decrease. I feel the college doesn't really do much for the techs on a day to day basis. A small increase would be acceptable but not what you are proposing.

This is an outrageous proposal. A 37% increase in fees for a professions that are already struggling with staffing shortages and working under stressful conditions. To then burden us even more financially to meet your financial goals? What exactly does that even mean? What are you doing with all this extra money? I can’t imagine any CMRITO member supports this increase. We are all feeling very frustrated.

I agree with the majority of member comments that it's impossible to for us sanction an over 36% increase in our annual fees with minimal obvious return on our financial investment, and a lack of transparency from the college to justify such a large increase! I too would prefer smaller incremental increases tied to inflationary pressures. My wages have certainly not gone up by 36%!! CMRITO needs to seriously consider moving it's headquarters out of it's expensive downtown Toronto office space to a more reasonably priced location. I am not in favour of such a large increase. With the 13%HST, that will take the total annual fee to $726.59. There is NO way this is a justifyable increase - have another look at your budget please.

We are all suffering from inflation. Our salaries do not increase enough to keep up with the high costs of living. We already pay more than most medical professionals like RNs that make more than we do, when at one point we were on par with their salary schedules. This increase is too high and I bet you will see many techs retire early who were sitting on the fence with this decision. This will add to our shortage problem even more on top of what we saw after the pandemic hit. Please do not go through with this decision!! I don't agree and may be one of those retiring early if you force this through.

The current fee structure is ridiculously high as it stands. With the PLI I am required to have this would put me over $1000/year. Wages have not kept up with inflation, and this makes it even worse.

I'm a retired xray technologist. Even though this 36% increase doesn't effect me, it still angers me. So, how do you justify that large of an increase? Did the CMRITO hire a DEI advisor.? Maybe figure out how to reduce your costs? Move your office to an industrial plaza in Oshawa, that will save $$$.

This registration fee increase is a huge hardship to many people who are already living pay cheque to pay cheque. With the cost of living going up and wages not reflecting this, this amount of increase is very unreasonable. In addition to CMRITO fees, sonographers also have to pay sonography Canada fees which are over $200 not to mention also the PLI insurance. Please reconsider this increase.

What exactly does the CMRITO do with the fees collected, let alone what are they going to use the extra funds for? There is absolutely no transparency with the College! Nothing is done for the registrants expect to collect fees from us! It's absurd that the fees collected from us are used to benefit the public. Th college should get it's funding from the province instead of taxing the already overworked and over looked registrants.

I do not agree with the proposed change. Too high.

ABSOLUTELY NOT!

The registration fee is already too much to pay also considering the lack of pay increase for MRTs. An increase in the fees is highly undesirable and I am strongly against it.

Financially for CMRITO members this a big increase. I don’t feel it is fair to increase the amount that much. For me it’s right after Christmas and that’s a difficult time of year for everyone financial wise. I disagree with this change. I do understand that things increase and I agree to increase but not by that much. Thank you for your time and consideration.

I feel like the amount we already pay is more than enough and I am opposed to this increase in fees.

It’s beyond frustrating that CMRITO is considering increasing our annual registration fee by 37%. In this economy, Canadians are struggling to make ends meet. Food prices are out of control and inflation is higher than ever. CMRITO members are over-worked, underpaid and over-taxed, and the last thing we need is our annual fee raised by $170, especially considering that our current fee is already a large sum of money. Perhaps the CMRITO needs to look inward at where they can cut costs… Do you really need to have a head office on University Ave in downtown Toronto? How much does rent cost? As a member, I would really like to know. How many staff are employed at CMRITO, and how many are managers? What exactly are you using all this money for? $5,671,960 a year from your members should be more than enough. Whose pockets are you lining? It is absolutely ridiculous to increase fees by that much. Shame on you.

This increase is absurd. I have yet to see what this college actually does for its members. During COVID there was no advocacy for MRT’s for pandemic pay. Was a slap in the face considering diagnostics is what’s used to diagnose COVID. This is yet another slap in the face as we are struggling to go to work every day in hospitals and clinics that don’t have enough staff on a daily basis. I’ve seen clinics shut down because they have no staff. The workload has become too much and there’s techs leaving the profession at an alarming rate. We are seeing all time lows for enrolment into the colleges. The cost to live has risen alarmingly over the last few years. I have a hard time buying groceries weekly. Mortgage rates have climbed and has become all too hard to even own a home. I can’t help but think this increase is going to be salary increase for whomever works for this college. Some members have had to get 2 or more jobs just to be able to live in the Canadian economy today. Your “table” of fees includes physicians and dentists. Those who have a wage that is substantially higher than that of an MRT. Hardly comparable, Stop playing the mind games with your members. Start acting like ONA with a STRONG AND LOUD VOICE for your members! Then MAYBE we wouldn’t be so upset to see we will have a substantial increase just to say we’re an MRT and nothing else show for it.

Nurses don't pay that much! This is getting hard to afford registration and camrt. Please consider how expensive the cost of living is right now. That is a huge increase