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POST-RETIREMENT BENEFITS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Employee Benefits [Abstract] |
Post-employment amounts | The amounts recognized in the balance sheet are determined as follows:
For the years ended December 31 | 2019 |  | 2018 |
Present value of funded obligations |  | $69 |  |  | $57 |
Fair value of plan assets | (76 | ) | (65 | )
(Surplus) deficit of funded plans |  | ($7 | ) |  | ($8 | )
Present value of unfunded obligations | 46 |  | 44 |
Total deficit of defined benefit pension plans |  | $39 |  |  | $36 |
Impact of minimum funding requirement/asset ceiling | — |  | — |
Liability in the balance sheet |  | $39 |  |  | $36 |
The weighted average duration of the defined benefit obligation is 9 years (2018: 14 years).
| Less than a year |  | Between 1-2 years |  | Between 2-5 years |  | Over 5 years |  | Total |
Pension benefits |  | $7 |  |  | $7 |  |  | $22 |  |  | $139 |  |  | $175 |
Other post-retirement benefits | 1 |  | 1 |  | 2 |  | 5 |  | 9 |
At December 31, 2018 |  | $8 |  |  | $8 |  |  | $24 |  |  | $144 |  |  | $184 |
Pension benefits | 27 |  | 7 |  | 20 |  | 95 |  | 149 |
Other post-retirement benefits | — |  | — |  | 1 |  | 3 |  | 4 |
At December 31, 2019 |  | $27 |  |  | $7 |  |  | $21 |  |  | $98 |  |  | $153 |
The table below outlines where the Company’s post-employment amounts and activity are included in the financial statements:
For the years ended December 31 | 2019 |  | 2018 |
Balance sheet obligations for: |  |
Defined pension benefits |  | $39 |  |  | $36 |
Other post-retirement benefits | 4 |  | 6 |
Liability in the balance sheet |  | $43 |  |  | $42 |
Income statement charge included income statement for: |  |
Defined pension benefits |  | $1 |  |  | $1 |
Other post-retirement benefits | — |  | — |
|  | $1 |  |  | $1 |
Measurements for: |  |
Defined pension benefits |  | ($5 | ) |  | ($4 | )
Other post-retirement benefits | 2 |  | — |
|  | ($3 | ) |  | ($4 | )
Significant actuarial assumptions | The significant actuarial assumptions were as follows:
As at December 31 | Pension Plans 2019 | Other Post-Retirement Benefits 2019 |  | Pension Plans 2018 | Other Post-Retirement Benefits 2018 |
Discount rate | 2.50%-3.30% | 3.35 | % | 3.75-4.65% | 4.45 | %

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