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City Hall spent tens of thousands promoting Taylor Swift, documents show

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The Toronto Sun has received 211 pages from City Hall related to the Taylor Swift concerts following a freedom-of-information request.

A city spokesman has confirmed what the documents reveal: Toronto spent at least $25,000 on promotional material because of Swift.

While the municipality says the campaign was largely related to a poetry initiative, a spreadsheet lists $ 15,000 worth of online ad purchases.

Councillor Brad Bradford said news of excessive overtime and hiring of influencers for a Taylor Swift concert will make a lot of folks very frustrated and angry.

The city’s communications team operated in a manner that was “typical for a major event” and staffing requirements, including the use of an emergency information officer, were “not unusual” given those circumstances.

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