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GOODWILL (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
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, 2014 |  | 23 |  | - |  | 14 |  | 408 |  | - |  | 445 |
Foreign exchange and other |  | 3 |  | - |  | 1 |  | 34 |  | - |  | 38 |
Balance at December 31, 2014 |  | 26 |  | - |  | 15 |  | 442 |  | - |  | 483 |
Foreign exchange and other |  | 5 |  | - |  | 5 |  | 27 |  | - |  | 37 |
Impairment |  | - |  | - |  | - |  | (440 | ) | - |  | (440 | )
Balance at December 31, 2015 |  | 31 |  | - |  | 20 |  | 29 |  | - |  | 80 |

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