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ACCOUNTS PAYABLE (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Subclassifications of assets, liabilities and equities [abstract] |
Accounts payable |
| As at December 31, 2017 |  | As at December 31, 2016 |
Accounts payable |  | $760 |  |  | $749 |
Accruals | 299 |  | 335 |
|  | $1,059 |  |  | $1,084 |

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