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GOODWILL (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
GOODWILL. |
Schedule of goodwill |
|  | Liquids Pipelines |  | Gas Distribution |  | Gas Pipelines, Processing and Energy Services |  | Sponsored Investments |  | Corporate |  | Consolidated
(millions of Canadian dollars) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Balance at January 1, 2011 |  | 47 |  | - |  | 29 |  | 355 |  | - |  | 431 |
Foreign exchange and other |  | 1 |  | - |  | 1 |  | 7 |  | - |  | 9 |
Balance at December 31, 2011 |  | 48 |  | - |  | 30 |  | 362 |  | - |  | 440 |
Transfer of assets to the Fund |  | (29 | ) | - |  | - |  | 29 |  | - |  | - |
Foreign exchange and other |  | 3 |  | - |  | (17 | ) | (7 | ) | - |  | (21 | )
Balance at December 31, 2012 |  | 22 |  | - |  | 13 |  | 384 |  | - |  | 419 |

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