VANCOUVER, B.C. – David Eby’s handpicked candidate in Vancouver-Strathcona, Amanda Burrows, has spent the past year calling for cuts to police budgets and saying that putting more police on the street does harm.

“Amanda Burrows has told British Columbians exactly what she believes, and we know that’s not working anymore,” said Margareta Dovgal, Conservative candidate in Vancouver-Yaletown. “While families deal with break-ins, random attacks and open drug use, David Eby’s candidate wants to take money away from the police. You don’t fix a public safety crisis by defunding the people who respond to it.”

After nearly a decade of NDP government, crime and social disorder have become the new normal in British Columbia’s communities. The last thing British Columbians need is an NDP anti-police activist setting public safety policy.

Burrows In her own words:

Q: What do you think about the growing police budget that currently sits at half a billion dollars. Would you increase it or reduce it?

A: Yes, yes of course we need to reallocate it (the police budget). OneCity Vancouver, Meet Your Mayors: Debate Night in Vancouver, February 4, 2026

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“I’ll sit down right away and let’s say ‘let’s take some money away from the police budget’“ OneCity Vancouver, Meet Your Mayors: Town Hall, Jan 27, 2026

“Probably diverting some money away from the police budget” NDP Candidate Amanda Burrows, The Tyee, Dec. 18, 2025

“We know that a ‘policing-first’ policy is not a solution.” Cambie Report, E3-281 OneCity’s mayoral candidates, Jan 9, 2026

Says adding police officers ‘creates harm’: “We have existential threats when it comes to policy directives, certainly from the city of Vancouver’s elected officials, saying that they’re going to pause supportive housing, adding more police into this community, creating more harm.” The Discovery Pod, First United With Amanda Burrows, July 10, 2026

“What we are prioritizing, i.e. the police, is not okay.“ Cambie Report, E3-281 OneCity’s mayoral candidates, Jan 9, 2026

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