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Long-term debt - New Credit Facilities (Details) CAD in Millions, $ in Millions						1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	May. 02, 2016 CAD	May. 02, 2016 USD ($)	Apr. 13, 2016 CAD	Apr. 13, 2016 USD ($)	Jul. 26, 2015 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 CAD	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Apr. 13, 2016 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Long-term debt excluding debentures \| Senior unsecured notes, due June 2036 (Cdn$210.0)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)							5.95%					5.95%
Long-term debt excluding debentures \| Senior unsecured notes due 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)					9.00%
Aggregate principal amount of debt repurchased					$ 310.9
Debt Instrument, Repurchase Amount									$ 330.4	$ 330.4
Redemption price percentage of principal amount					104.50%
Long-term debt excluding debentures \| Senior unsecured notes due 2018 \| Interest expense
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument Redemption Applicable Make Whole Premium										14.0
Accrued interest paid in redemption of debt										5.5
Debt Instrument Write Off of Deferred Financing Cost Related to Repurchase									$ 9.0	$ 9.0
Convertible Debentures
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount of debt												$ 271.4	$ 277.7
Convertible Debentures \| 6.25% Debentures due March 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount of debt \| CAD							CAD 67.2
Interest rate (as a percent)							6.25%					6.25%
Convertible Debentures \| 6.25% Debentures due March 2017 \| Subsequent event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds deposited with trustee in advance of payment of certain unsecured subordinated debentures \| CAD			CAD 67.2
Convertible Debentures \| 5.6% Debentures due June 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount of debt \| CAD							CAD 75.8
Interest rate (as a percent)							5.60%					5.60%
Convertible Debentures \| 5.6% Debentures due June 2017 \| Subsequent event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds deposited with trustee in advance of payment of certain unsecured subordinated debentures \| CAD			CAD 75.8
Convertible Debentures \| 5.6% Debentures Due June 2017 And 6.25% Debentures Due March 2017 (Member) \| Interest expense \| Subsequent event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Write-off of deferred financing costs						$ 1.3
Convertible Debentures \| 5.75% Debentures due June 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate (as a percent)							5.75%					5.75%
Convertible Debentures \| 6.00% Debenture due December 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount of debt \| CAD							CAD 81.0
Interest rate (as a percent)							6.00%					6.00%
APLP Holdings \| Subsequent event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount of cash flow of APLP Holdings and its subsidiaries remaining after application of funds according to the Credit Agreement to be applied under			50								50
Other percentage of cash flow required to reduce aggregate principal amount of new term loans outstanding to achieve target principal amount that declines			100								100
APLP Holdings \| Subsequent event \| Minimum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Leverage ratio as defined in Credit Agreement			4.25								4.25
Interest coverage ratio as defined in Credit Agreement			2.75								2.75
APLP Holdings \| Subsequent event \| Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Leverage ratio as defined in Credit Agreement			6.00								6.00
Interest coverage ratio as defined in Credit Agreement			4.00								4.00
APLP Holdings \| Interest expense \| Subsequent event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Write-off of deferred financing costs						$ 30.0
APLP Holdings \| New Term Loans
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Remaining proceeds of New Credit Facility												$ 105.0
APLP Holdings \| New Term Loans \| Subsequent event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Prepayment of term loans if change of control occurs, as a percentage of par			101								101
Period from initial funding date that APLP would be required to repay, prepay, refinance or replace at a price of 101 percent of the principal amount if they elect to do so for any portion or all of the term loan facilities			1 year	1 year
Percent of principal amount required to be repaid, prepaid, refinanced or replaced if APLP elects to do so within one year of initial funding date			101								101
APLP Holdings \| New Credit Facilities \| Minimum
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Margin on variable interest rate							4.00%	4.00%
APLP Holdings \| New Credit Facilities \| New Term Loans \| Subsequent event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Aggregate principal amount of debt											$ 700.0
Amount drawn under loan											700.0
Proceeds from debt, net of discount				$ 679.0
Original issue discount (as a percent)			3.00%	3.00%
Original issue discount amount											21.0
Transaction costs and expenses		$ 14.4
APLP Holdings \| New Credit Facilities \| New Term Loans \| Adjusted Eurodollar Rate \| Subsequent event
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Margin on variable interest rate			5.00%	5.00%
APLP Holdings \| New Credit Facilities \| New Revolver \| Subsequent event
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Aggregate principal amount of debt											200.0
Number of days prior to the Letter of Credit Expiration Date that letters of credit are available to be issued			30 days	30 days
Commitment fee related to New Revolver, as a percent			0.75%	0.75%
APLP Holdings \| New Credit Facilities \| Letters of credit \| Subsequent event
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Aggregate principal amount of debt											$ 105.8
Period of debt service covered by debt service reserve fund			6 months	6 months
Amount of debt service reserve				$ 25.3
APLP Holdings \| Convertible Debentures \| 6.25% Debentures due March 2017 \| Subsequent event
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Proceeds deposited with trustee in advance of payment of certain unsecured subordinated debentures \| CAD	CAD 67.2
APLP Holdings \| Convertible Debentures \| 5.6% Debentures due June 2017 \| Subsequent event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds deposited with trustee in advance of payment of certain unsecured subordinated debentures \| CAD	CAD 75.8
APLP Holdings \| Convertible Debentures \| 5.6% Debentures Due June 2017 And 6.25% Debentures Due March 2017 (Member)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds deposited with trustee in advance of payment of certain unsecured subordinated debentures		111.8
APLP Holdings \| Convertible Debentures \| 5.6% Debentures Due June 2017 And 6.25% Debentures Due March 2017 (Member) \| Subsequent event
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds deposited with trustee in advance of payment of certain unsecured subordinated debentures				$ 111.8
APLP Holdings \| Convertible Debentures \| 5.75% Debentures due June 2019
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Interest rate (as a percent)							5.75%					5.75%
Amount of subordinated debt that may be repurchased with remaining proceeds								$ 105.3
APLP Holdings \| Convertible Debentures \| 6.00% Debenture due December 2019
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Interest rate (as a percent)							6.00%					6.00%
Amount of subordinated debt that may be repurchased with remaining proceeds \| CAD							CAD 81.0
APLP \| New Credit Facilities \| Maximum
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Margin on variable interest rate							5.00%	5.00%
APLP \| Long-term debt excluding debentures \| Senior secured term loan, due 2021 \| Subsequent event
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Redemption of senior secured term loan		$ 447.9
APLP \| Long-term debt excluding debentures \| Senior unsecured notes, due June 2036 (Cdn$210.0) \| Subsequent event
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Aggregate principal amount of debt \| CAD			CAD 210.0
Interest rate (as a percent)			5.95%								5.95%
APLP \| Convertible Debentures \| 6.25% Debentures due March 2017
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Interest rate (as a percent)							6.25%					6.25%
APLP \| Convertible Debentures \| 5.6% Debentures due June 2017
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Interest rate (as a percent)							5.60%					5.60%