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Employee Future Benefits - Summary of Key Assumptions Used by to Determine Defined Benefit Obligation and Net Benefit Cost for Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Retiree Welfare Plans (Parenthetical) (Detail) | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017
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Retiree welfare plans [Member] | 2032 [Member] | Top of range [Member] |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [Line Items] |  |
Health care cost trend rate | 7.80% | 8.50%
Retiree welfare plans [Member] | 2032 [Member] | Bottom of range [Member] |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [Line Items] |  |
Health care cost trend rate | 5.00% | 5.00%
Retiree welfare plans [Member] | Canadian plans [Member] | 2026 [Member] | Top of range [Member] |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [Line Items] |  |
Health care cost trend rate | 5.70% | 5.90%
Retiree welfare plans [Member] | Canadian plans [Member] | 2026 [Member] | Bottom of range [Member] |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [Line Items] |  |
Health care cost trend rate | 4.80% | 4.80%
Defined benefit cost [Member] | 2032 [Member] | Top of range [Member] |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [Line Items] |  |
Health care cost trend rate | 8.50% | 8.80%
Defined benefit cost [Member] | 2032 [Member] | Bottom of range [Member] |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [Line Items] |  |
Health care cost trend rate | 5.00% | 5.00%
Defined benefit cost [Member] | Canadian plans [Member] | 2026 [Member] | Top of range [Member] |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [Line Items] |  |
Health care cost trend rate | 5.90% | 6.00%
Defined benefit cost [Member] | Canadian plans [Member] | 2026 [Member] | Bottom of range [Member] |  |
Disclosure of defined benefit plans [Line Items] |  |
Health care cost trend rate | 4.80% | 4.80%

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