A group representing seven First Nations in northern Ontario says the province's push for a cross-country pipeline is moving ahead without their voices and is in conflict with federally funded conservation work already underway.

If approved, the East-West Canadian Energy Corridor would carry oil and gas from Alberta to refineries in southern Ontario.

But Lawrence Martin, lands and resources director for the Mushkegowuk Council, is frustrated that the province has not yet met with the council or the seven First Nation communities it represents, even though projects are being proposed on their territory along the James Bay coast.

"It's as if we're invisible throughout this whole discussion, everything that's happening in the territory on the land or on the water. So it's quite amazing," M

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