Political career
Tierney's past political involvement included working on the Rainer Bloess Liberal nomination campaign in 2009 in Ottawa-Orleans and many other campaigns including Gerard Kennedy,Paul Martin,and Terry Kilrea.
Tierney is the chair of the Information Technology Sub-Committee and a member of the Transit Commission,Transportation Committee,Ottawa Public Library Board,Ottawa Community Housing,and Pineview Municipal Golf Course Board of Management. He is also a longtime board member of the Gloucester Centre Minor Hockey Association,currently serving as vice president.
In 2012,Tierney was elected to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities board of directors and is currently the third vice-president. [3]
In 2021,Tierney leaked a confidential memo related to a sinkhole lawsuit on how the City of Ottawa was planning to sue its insurers for the Confederation Line project. Tierney told council colleagues that he'd been "careless," but said he didn't share the information intentionally. Tierney faced no sanction. [4]
Tierney endorsed Bonnie Crombie in the 2023 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election. [5]
Corruption scandal
On November 23,2018,Tierney was charged by the Ontario Provincial Police for corrupt election practices. He was alleged to have offered donations to prevent Michael Schurter,a political staffer working for Peter Kent,from running against him in Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward in the 2018 Ottawa municipal election. [6] Tierney denied any allegations of wrongdoing. On September 11,2019,all charges were withdrawn by the Crown after Tierney apologized in court and gave up two months of his city councillor salary. Michael Schurter reacted by saying:“Last election Tim ran on his reputation and that’s something he may not be able to do again in the future". [7]
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