The Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board are taking the Harper government to court over changes that were recently made to the Wheat Board's Director Elections.

     The lawsuit is based on the removal of the $10,000 spending limit for third-party advertising.  The same group won a lawsuit last year over the government's plan to remove barley from the Wheat Board's single desk.

     Eston farmer Bill Woods, who is part of the group launching the legal action, says the removal of the limits present an unfair advantage.  He says that well-funded candidates could get more publicity and airtime through more advertising, whether it be for the Director elections or the Federal elections.

     Woods says he is more optimistic about this lawsuit than the barley lawsuit because it is similar to a case that Stephen Harper lost in 2004 over his plan to remove spending limits for advertising in Federal elections.