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Financing costs and additional notes and loans payable information

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2016

Financing costs and additional notes and loans payable information

5. Financing costs and additional notes and loans payable information

		Second Quarter								Six Months to June 30
millions of Canadian dollars		2016				2015				2016				2015
Debt-related interest			32				20				63				43
Capitalized interest			(13	)			(15	)			(26	)			(38	)
Net interest expense			19				5				37				5
Other interest			(1	)			-				(4	)			3
Total financing costs			18				5				33				8

In March 2016, the company extended the maturity date of its existing $500 million 364-day short-term unsecured committed bank credit facility to March 2017. The company has not drawn on the facility.

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The disclosure for the amount of the cost of financing and information relating to notes and loans payable.

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