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Defined benefit plan (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Defined benefit plan |
Schedule of components of net annual periodic pension cost | The net annual periodic pension cost related to the pension plan for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 includes the following components:
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
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Service cost benefits earned |  | $ | 782 |  | $ | 103 |
Interest cost on benefit obligation |  |  | 613 |  |  | 91 |
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | (622 | ) |  | (89 | )
Net period benefit cost |  | $ | 773 |  | $ | 105 |
Schedule of comparison of the pension benefit obligation and related plan assets |
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
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Benefit obligation at January 1 |  | $ | (12,725 | ) | $ | (11,909 | )
Service cost |  |  | (782 | ) |  | (103 | )
Interest cost |  |  | (613 | ) |  | (90 | )
Actuarial loss |  |  | (2,301 | ) |  | (599 | )
Employee contributions |  |  | (74 | ) |  | (11 | )
Benefits paid |  |  | 27 |  |  | — |
Foreign currency translation adjustment |  |  | (282 | ) |  | (13 | )
Benefit obligation at December 31 |  |  | (16,750 | ) |  | (12,725 | )
Fair value of plan assets at January 1 |  | $ | 10,482 |  | $ | 10,525 |
Actual return on plan assets |  |  | 815 |  |  | (65 | )
Employer contributions |  |  | 363 |  |  | — |
Employee contributions |  |  | 74 |  |  | 11 |
Benefits paid |  |  | (27 | ) |  | — |
Foreign currency translation adjustment |  |  | 232 |  |  | 11 |
Fair value of plan assets at December 31 |  |  | 11,939 |  |  | 10,482 |
Funded status at December 31—excess of obligation over assets |  | $ | (4,811 | ) | $ | (2,243 | )
Schedule of amount recognized in the balance sheet |
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
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Non-current liabilities |  | $ | 4,811 |  | $ | 2,243 |
Schedule of amounts recognized in accumulated OCI that have not yet been recognized as components of net periodic benefit cost |
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
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Unrecognized loss |  | $ | 1,263 |  | $ | 489 |
Schedule of significant components of pension plan |
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
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Projected benefit obligation |  | $ | 16,750 |  | $ | 12,725 |
Accumulated benefit obligation |  |  | 13,061 |  |  | 9,900 |
Fair value of plan assets |  |  | 11,939 |  |  | 10,482 |
Schedule of fair values of the pension plan's assets by asset category and level within the fair value hierarchy |
|  | December 31, 2012 |
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|  | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total |
Canadian equity investments |  | $ | — |  | $ | 3,555 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 3,555 |
U.S. equity investments |  |  | — |  |  | 1,618 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,618 |
International equity investments |  |  | — |  |  | 1,658 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,658 |
Corporate bond investment-fixed income |  |  | — |  |  | 4,745 |  |  | — |  |  | 4,745 |
Other fixed income |  |  | — |  |  | 363 |  |  | — |  |  | 363 |
Total |  | $ | — |  | $ | 11,939 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 11,939 |
|  | December 31, 2011 |
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|  | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total |
Canadian equity investments |  | $ | — |  | $ | 3,166 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 3,166 |
U.S. equity investments |  |  | — |  |  | 1,429 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,429 |
International equity investments |  |  | — |  |  | 1,383 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,383 |
Corporate bond investment-fixed income |  |  | — |  |  | 4,200 |  |  | — |  |  | 4,200 |
Other fixed income |  |  | — |  |  | 304 |  |  | — |  |  | 304 |
Total |  | $ | — |  | $ | 10,482 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 10,482 |
Schedule of significant assumptions used to calculate benefit obligations |
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
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Weighted-Average Assumptions |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate |  |  | 4.00% |  |  | 4.75% |
Rate of compensation increase |  |  | 3.00% - 4.00% |  |  | 3.00% - 4.00% |
Schedule of significant assumptions used to calculate benefit expense |
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
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Weighted-Average Assumptions |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate |  |  | 4.00% |  |  | 4.75% |
Rate of return on plan assets |  |  | 5.50% |  |  | 5.50% |
Rate of compensation increase |  |  | 3.00% - 4.00% |  |  | 3.00% - 4.00% |
Schedule of pension plan assets weighted average allocations |
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
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Canadian equity |  |  | 30 | % |  | 30 | %
U.S. equity |  |  | 13 | % |  | 14 | %
International equity |  |  | 14 | % |  | 13 | %
Canadian fixed income |  |  | 40 | % |  | 40 | %
International fixed income |  |  | 3 | % |  | 3 | %
|  |  | 100 | % |  | 100 | %
Schedule of expected future benefit payments | Our expected future benefit payments for each of the next five years and in the aggregate for the five years thereafter, are as follows in Cdn$:
|  | 2012 |
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2013 |  | $ | 252 |
2014 |  |  | 293 |
2015 |  |  | 319 |
2016 |  |  | 362 |
2017 |  |  | 412 |
2018-2022 |  |  | 3,003 |

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