Taxpayers in Leeds and Grenville have spent nearly $1 million over the past few years for local paramedics to respond to calls in Ottawa, as paramedics struggle to keep up with call volume in the capital.
A new report by the Joint Services Committee of Leeds and Grenville shows paramedics have been responding to an increasing number of calls, leaving the area with a $950,000 bill.“If they have to respond to a call in Ottawa, if they have to take them to Ottawa, then certainly there should be benefits or financial aid coming back to Leeds Grenville," Fitzgerald says.
Resident Robert Parson’s says that the numbers should be looked at in the long term to determine what to do. Mayor Corrine Smith-Gatcke of the township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands says that is what comes next.
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