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Income Taxes | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2021
Disclosure Of Income Tax Expense Continuing Operations [Abstract] |
Income Taxes |
10. 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) |
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recorded a current tax expense primarily related to taxable income arising in Canada and Asia Pacific. The preliminary purchase price allocation of the Arrangement includes a net deferred tax asset of $942 million as at January 1, 2021. The net deferred tax asset consists of $862 million related to the Company’s operations in the Canadian jurisdiction, $58 million related to U.S. operations and $22 million related to Asia Pacific activities. The Canadian deferred tax asset has been offset against the Canadian deferred tax liability. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, a deferred tax recovery was recorded due to an impairment of the Borger CGU and current period operating losses that were carried forward, excluding unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses on long-term debt.

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