A Winnipeg environmental group has been denied intervenor status in a review of the proposed Energy East pipeline.

"Eliminating critical testimony and analysis is not the way to reassure Canadians that all the facts about the Energy East pipeline proposal are being heard," said Eric Reder, Manitoba campaign director for the Wilderness Committee.

The Wilderness Committee has fought changes to the National Energy Board Act since they were made in 2012, requiring groups to be approved before being allowed to provide input into major projects. The Liberals have promised to overhaul the legislation, but it's not yet in effect.

"Once again the NEB is excluding critics from the process," said Peter McCartney, climate campaigner at the Wilderness Committee. "The government in Ottawa admits this game is rigged. Why is it determined to continue down this road?

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