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Income Taxes (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2021
Disclosure Of Income Tax Expense Continuing Operations [Abstract] |
Provision for Income Taxes | The provision for income taxes is:
| Three Months Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended |
For the periods ended September 30, |  | 2021 |  |  |  | 2020 |  |  |  | 2021 |  |  |  | 2020 |
Current Tax |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Canada |  | 58 |  |  |  | (1) |  |  |  | 72 |  |  |  | (3) |
United States |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1 |
Asia Pacific |  | 34 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 115 |  |  |  | — |
Other International |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  | — |
Total Current Tax Expense (Recovery) |  | 92 |  |  |  | (1) |  |  |  | 188 |  |  |  | (2) |
Deferred Tax Expense (Recovery) |  | 191 |  |  |  | (177) |  |  |  | 281 |  |  |  | (656) |
|  | 283 |  |  |  | (178) |  |  |  | 469 |  |  |  | (658) |

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