In August of 2012 the Canadian government abolished the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly of buying wheat and barley grown in Western Canada with the passing of Bill C-18. Farmers are now free to bypass the board and sell their grain freely at the market price. The Supreme Court ruled it will not hear an appeal to the law brought by eight former board members. A group called the Friends of The Canadian Wheat Board announced that it is still going to fight the law by bringing a class action lawsuit based on different legal theories than the ones that were argued in the appeal case. The lawsuit seeks a court order to restore the Wheat Board’s monopoly and give farmers $17 billion in damages.