Some are quirky, such as the Red Couch Tour, in which a leather sofa will be taken from one end of the country to the other, and Canadians can be photographed sitting on it along the way. The production company behind the tour has received a total of $198,000 in federal funding.
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Unbelievable. This ranks up there with the "artist" who was given $150.000 to float a giant banana over Texas a few years back. Clearly some scam artists have found a new way to get a lot of money for doing virtually nothing. Oh sorry, spread over all 35 million Canadians it works out to the cost of only one chocolate covered donut each.  In that case give me the donut, and leave the couch where it is.