The Green Party is using organized crime as a barometer for society in general. A contingent from the political group was in Prince George to discuss the state of our city's gangs with RCMP Supt. Brenda Butterworth-Carr. The told The Citizen that they wanted to understand the area's organized crime situation in order to trace solutions back to the root, the theory being that healing the social ruptures leading to organized crime - poverty, homelessness, education barriers, mental-health treatment, addictions recovery, etc. - would make all of society more functional and economically healthy.
