A class action lawsuit on behalf of farmers may be moving from Federal Court to Manitoba’s Court of Queen’s Bench.

Manitoba farmer Andrew Dennis filed a Statement of Claim in Manitoba seeking certification of a class action on behalf of all farmers who delivered wheat and barley to the Canadian Wheat Board during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 crop years.

Chairperson for the Friends of the Canadian Wheat Board (FCWB) Stewart Wells says the original class action suit was started in February of 2012.

"Last year, there were new developments in court proceedings in the federal court. One of which was an argument brought forward by G3, the company that inherited the farmer's assets, who claimed that the federal court was no longer the proper jurisdiction to hear the case because G3 was now a privately held company."

On May 15, 2017, counsel for Mr. Dennis will be seeking leave to discontinue the Federal Court proceeding in favour of the Manitoba Court Class Action.

The case is based around $145 million, which FCWB says should have been paid to farmers as part of their final payment, but was withheld and transferred to the CWB’s Contingency Fund and later to G3.