Olivia Chow and her crew from City Hall racked up thousands of dollars in travel expenses on their film industry trip to London and Dublin, including more than $11,000 for a boozy reception and $720 for a limo ride, the has learned.

City Hall’s economic and community development committee will receive a final report on Chow’s film mission on Tuesday. However, there are glaring inconsistencies between the details in that report and documents the has seen, such as the money spent and even the number of City of Toronto employees on the July trip.

The filed a freedom-of-information request, asking City Hall for expense records, itineraries and briefing notes related to Chow’s week-long trip, which was advertised as a response to the more protectionist stance recently taken by the U.S. film

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