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Contingent Payment (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Disclosure Of Contingent Liabilities In Business Combination [Abstract] |
Summary of Contingent Payment |
| 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Contingent Payment, Beginning of Year |  | 143 |  |  |  | 132 |
Re-measurement (1) |  | (80 | ) |  |  | 164 |
Liabilities Settled or Payable |  | - |  |  |  | (153 | )
Contingent Payment, End of Year |  | 63 |  |  |  | 143 |
Less: Current Portion |  | 36 |  |  |  | 79 |
Long-Term Portion |  | 27 |  |  |  | 64 |
(1) | Contingent payment is carried at fair value. Changes in fair value are recorded in net earnings.

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