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DEBT - Narrative (Details) |  |  |  | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |  |
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Jul. 18, 2019 CAD ($) | May 16, 2019 CAD ($) | Feb. 08, 2019 CAD ($) | Sep. 30, 2019 CAD ($) | Sep. 30, 2019 CAD ($) | May 16, 2019 JPY (¥) | Dec. 31, 2018 CAD ($)
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Increase in credit facility |  |  | $ 444,000,000 |  |  |  |
Commitment fee percentage |  |  |  |  | 0.10% |  |
Long-term debt |  |  |  | $ 60,879,000,000 | $ 60,879,000,000 |  | $ 60,327,000,000
Long-term debt, fair value adjustment |  |  |  |  | 876,000,000 |  |
Amortization of fair value adjustment |  |  |  | 17,000,000 | 50,000,000 |  |
Extendible credit facility |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument, term |  | 3 years |  |  |  |  |
Amount of credit facility |  | $ 641,000,000 |  |  |  | ¥ 52,500,000,000 |
non-revolving, bilateral credit facility |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Debt instrument, term | 5 years |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount of credit facility | $ 500,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |
Uncommitted demand credit facilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount of credit facility |  |  |  | 928,000,000 | 928,000,000 |  | 807,000,000
Unutilized amount of facility |  |  |  | 588,000,000 | 588,000,000 |  | 548,000,000
Commercial paper and credit facility draws |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt |  |  |  | 11,634,000,000 | 11,634,000,000 |  | 7,967,000,000
Subordinated Debt | Fixed to Floating Subordinated Term Notes |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Subordinated debt |  |  |  | $ 6,637,000,000 | $ 6,637,000,000 |  | $ 7,317,000,000

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