OTTAWA — While Canadians struggle with an unprecedented cost-of-living crisis, the Canadian government is doling out millions of dollars for some seemingly absurd research grants.

According to documents uncovered by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, among the over $1 billion in grants handed out by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) every year include tens, and sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund research of questionable value.

According to SSHRC’s own mandate , the money handed out by the agency is meant to “inform new knowledge and insights on the issues that matter most to Canadians.”

“Studies about grocery carts, selfies, online Harry Potter fan communities and intersectional piano curriculums don’t sound like studies that matter most to Ca

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