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Investments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Financial Instruments [Abstract]

Summary of investments

As at December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company had the following investments:

						2020						2019
Investment in PrairieSky Royalty Ltd.						$	228					$	345
Investment in Inter Pipeline Ltd.						77						145
						$	305					$	490

The loss from the investment in PrairieSky was comprised as follows:

						2020						2019						2018
Fair value loss from PrairieSky						$	117					$	55					$	326
Dividend income from PrairieSky						(9)						(17)						(17)
						$	108					$	38					$	309

The loss (gain) from the investment in Inter Pipeline was comprised as follows:

						2020						2019						2018
Fair value loss (gain) from Inter Pipeline						$	68					$	(21)					$	43
Dividend income from Inter Pipeline						(5)						(11)						(11)
						$	63					$	(32)					$	32

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