Ottawa Citizen

Tim Tierney

Last published Dec. 2025 · On our record since 2020

Where this writer stands

Public safety1 piece

Prevention and restraintEnforcement and sentencing

“For a decade, we've traded safety and security for policing alternatives — experiments that have repeatedly failed, a reality now visible on our streets today.” Read the piece

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Recent work

Is your councillor a chronic no-voter on city budgets? | OpinionOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Dec 6, 2025
Tierney: Can't see any lines on the road when you drive? It's an increasing hazardOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · May 8, 2025
Tierney: We need public libraries more than ever – and Ottawa will see the design for its new main branch todayOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Jan 22, 2020