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Employee benefits (Details 1) - Common Share Unit Program [Member]	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Shares Granted Measurement Input [Member]
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Measurement unit	1,330,503	1,437,588
Shares Granted Share Price [Member]
IfrsStatementLineItems [Line Items]
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The value of significant unobservable input used in the measurement of the fair value of entity's own equity instruments.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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-Number 13
-IssueDate 2023-01-01
-Paragraph 93
-Subparagraph d
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-URIDate 2023-03-23

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