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ACCOUNTS PAYABLE (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Subclassifications of assets, liabilities and equities [abstract] |
Accounts payable |
| As at December 31, 2019 |  | As at December 31, 2018 |
Accounts payable |  | $715 |  |  | $744 |
Accruals | 440 |  | 357 |
|  | $1,155 |  |  | $1,101 |

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