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You're referring to the cluster of hospitals around College and University? Those are 3 km from the southern edge of the city (and fairly centrally located within the catchment).
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They are 2 km from the Toronto waterfront, just a few pixels away from the word "Downtown" on the Google map of Toronto, and 15 km from the northern boundary of Toronto with the first ring of 905 suburbs.
So, yes, they are "fairly centrally located within the catchment", which is something we need to aim for in Ottawa. The current Civic is central-ish, but could be central-er.
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My point being that if you're in the emergency services business (and minimizing travel times save lives) there are advantages to being closer to the centre of your catchment area.
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Indeed, which is why i like the Tunney's site, myself. Also, if I ever (knock wood) have to be transported as a casualty to the Civic, I'd rather take my chances on the Ottawa River Car Path than on Carling, any day.
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Where are there hundreds of thousands of non-suburbanites in the Ottawa area? How many of these non-suburbanites are closer to the General or Montfort than to Tunney's (and won't be affected anyway)?
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The former city of Ottawa had 300+ kilopersons living in it at the time of amalgamation 16 years ago.
And the same argument obtains for those who want to move the Civic further out to the burbs: aren't those people closer to the Queensway-Carleton campus?