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Financing costs and additional notes and loans payable information

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Financing costs and additional notes and loans payable information

5.  Financing costs and additional notes and loans payable information

		Third Quarter								Nine Months     to September 30
millions of Canadian dollars		2016				2015				2016				2015
Debt-related interest			32				30				95				73
Capitalized interest			(11	)			(20	)			(37	)			(58	)
Net interest expense			21				10				58				15
Other interest			(2	)			2				(6	)			5
Total financing costs			19				12				52				20

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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