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According to a study published in The Law and Society Association, aboriginal women who go missing in Canada receive 27 times less news coverage than white women; they also receive "dispassionate and less-detailed, headlines, articles, and images."[8] As of 2010, more than 500 Aboriginal women have gone missing and/or been murdered since 1980, and nearly half remain unsolved. Recent studies show that there is little trust between the police and those within Aboriginal communities, where community members do not trust police actions and police do not trust the stories of community members, with fear being one of the strongest predictors in confidence.

Most recently, The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has stated that it strongly supports the creation of a national-level action plan or nationwide inquiry. An investigation was requested by the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) and the Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA) in 2012. The United Nations' Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) found that there were "grave human rights violations," and in March of 2015 found that the Government of Canada was responsible due to its "protracted failure." The Federal Government rejected a national inquiry and a national action plan proposed by CEDAW.