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OTHER LIABILITIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
OTHER LIABILITIES |
Schedule of information related to other liabilities |
|  |  | As at December 31, 2017 |  |  | As at December 31, 2016
Long-term portion of finance lease obligations (note 13(a)) |  | $ | 1,915 |  | $ | 6,319
Pension benefit obligations |  |  | 33,542 |  |  | 19,273
Other |  |  | 4,872 |  |  | 8,603
Total other liabilities |  | $ | 40,329 |  | $ | 34,195
Schedule of funded status of the Company's defined benefit obligations |
|  |  | Year Ended December 31,
|  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |
Reconciliation of plan assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Plan assets, beginning of year |  | $ | 2,192 |  | $ | 2,011 |  |
Agnico Eagle's contributions |  |  | 303 |  |  | 327 |  |
Benefit payments |  |  | (90 | ) |  | (88 | ) |
Administrative expenses |  |  | (106 | ) |  | (119 | ) |
Interest on assets |  |  | 87 |  |  | 86 |  |
Net return on assets excluding interest |  |  | (87 | ) |  | (86 | ) |
Effect of exchange rate changes |  |  | 158 |  |  | 61 |  |
Plan assets, end of year |  |  | 2,457 |  |  | 2,192 |  |
Reconciliation of defined benefit obligation: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Defined benefit obligation, beginning of year |  |  | 11,867 |  |  | 10,641 |  |
Current service cost |  |  | 493 |  |  | 326 |  |
Past service cost |  |  | 8,754 |  |  | – |  |
Benefit payments |  |  | (90 | ) |  | (88 | ) |
Interest cost |  |  | 544 |  |  | 456 |  |
Actuarial losses arising from changes in economic assumptions |  |  | 1,035 |  |  | 400 |  |
Actuarial losses (gains) arising from experience |  |  | 421 |  |  | (185 | ) |
Effect of exchange rate changes |  |  | 1,219 |  |  | 317 |  |
Defined benefit obligation, end of year |  |  | 24,243 |  |  | 11,867 |  |
Net defined benefit liability, end of year |  | $ | 21,786 |  | $ | 9,675 |  |
Schedule of components of Agnico Eagle's pension expense recognized in net income |
|  |  | Year Ended December 31,
|  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |
Current service cost |  | $ | 493 |  | $ | 326 |  |
Past service cost |  |  | 8,754 |  |  | – |  |
Administrative expenses |  |  | 106 |  |  | 119 |  |
Interest cost on defined benefit obligation |  |  | 544 |  |  | 456 |  |
Interest on assets |  |  | (87 | ) |  | (86 | ) |
Pension expense |  | $ | 9,810 |  | $ | 815 |  |
Schedule of remeasurement of net defined benefit liability recognized in other comprehensive income (loss) |
|  |  | Year Ended December 31,
|  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Actuarial losses relating to the defined benefit obligation |  | $ | 1,456 |  | $ | 215 |
Net return on assets excluding interest |  |  | 87 |  |  | 86 |
Total remeasurements of the net defined benefit liability |  | $ | 1,543 |  | $ | 301 |
Schedule of weighted average assumptions used in Company's Executive Plan defined benefit obligations |
|  | As at December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
Assumptions: |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate – beginning of year |  | 3.8% |  | 4.0% |
Discount rate – end of year |  | 3.3% |  | 3.8% |
Rate of compensation increase |  | 3.0% |  | 3.0% |
Schedule of sensitivity analysis for significant actuarial assumptions |
|  | As at December 31, 2017 |  |
Change in assumption: |  |  |  |
0.5% increase in discount rate |  | (1,214 | ) |
0.5% decrease in discount rate |  | 1,324 |  |

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