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Employee retirement benefits (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2016

Schedule of Components of Net Benefit Cost

The components of net benefit cost were as follows:

		Second Quarter								Six Months to June 30
millions of Canadian dollars		2016				2015				2016				2015
Pension benefits:
Current service cost			51				51				102				102
Interest cost			79				77				158				154
Expected return on plan assets			(100	)			(96	)			(199	)			(193	)
Amortization of prior service cost			3				4				5				8
Amortization of actuarial loss			41				49				82				99
Net benefit cost			74				85				148				170
Other post-retirement benefits:
Current service cost			4				4				8				8
Interest cost			6				6				13				12
Amortization of actuarial loss			4				3				7				6
Net benefit cost			14				13				28				26

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the components of net benefit costs for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans including service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) recognized due to settlements or curtailments.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 715
-SubTopic 20
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (h)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=65897934&loc=d3e1928-114920

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