Manitoba Métis leaders announced Wednesday they intend to boycott this week's summit with Prime Minister Mark Carney because the Liberal government is including the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO).

Other Métis groups are also expressing concerns about the process after confirming they weren't invited to Thursday's meeting in Ottawa to discuss the federal government's recently passed law to fast-track major projects.

It's the last of three summits called this summer to ease Indigenous Peoples' concerns about the law, known as bill C-5, yet it's unclear how many people will even be there.

"We will not be attending that summit," Manitoba Métis Federation President David Chartrand said at a news conference inside the Chateau Laurier hotel in Ottawa on Wednesday morning.

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