You're still assuming that the trains would be heading for the train sheds which, as you've pointed out, are no longer there. It's three tracks all the way to the Plaza Bridge, where the tram turnaround was/is.
I calculate the distance between the Canal and the far side of Sussex as 120m. Of course, 120m is not ideal, granted. But it remains 120m. If you've ever walked from O'Connor to Bank, you've covered more distance. It's far from the end of the world.
Presumably, anyone transferring to a bus would catch it at either Rideau/Sussex (120m) or the bus stop at Confederation Sq (40m).
As for the administrative hurdles, they're definitely there. I disagree with you as to how hard the NCC would fight to maintain the ROW as the linear Tavern-on-the-Hill parking lot, but I completely agree that it'd be difficult. But this is a major project; there will be huge hurdles no matter where it goes. Ottawa didn't abandon LRT just because it wasn't easy and painless, because doing nothing has a far more bitter and lasting taste.
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