Quebec's indigenous leaders met the media in Montreal on Monday to call for a full independent inquiry into the relationship between native women and police.
This comes days after the Quebec crown prosecutor's office officially ruled out charges against six SQ officers in connection with the systematic assaults on native women in Val d'Or.
Those accusations emerged back in October 2015, following an investigation by Radio-Canada.
Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come of the Grand Council of the Crees says the problem extends to all corners of Quebec.
"What has happened, and what will continue to happen with these women is not isolated to Val-d'Or," said Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come of the Grand Council of the Crees. "This is a province-wide crisis needing the attention of the province."
The leaders, which included Assembly of First Nations chief Ghislain Picard, also called for more funding to counter the effects of systemic racism.
Back in August, the Quebec government rejected the idea of an inquiry into the Val d'Or allegations, preferring to let the federal inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women deal with the issue.
On Monday, Native Affairs minister Geoffrey Kelley suggested it was time to move forward and work toward fixing the problems that led to the allegations — even though he admitted that it was very likely that something did happen, given the number of women who came forward to tell their stories.