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Debt - Redemption Rates (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Repurchase price in the event of change of control, percentage of principal plus accrued and unpaid interest	101.00%
Senior Notes 4.375 Percent due 2021 | Redemption date 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	101.094%
Senior Notes 4.375 Percent due 2021 | Redemption date 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Senior Notes 4.375 Percent due 2021 | Redemption date 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Senior Notes 6 Percent Due 2023 | Redemption date 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	102.00%
Senior Notes 6 Percent Due 2023 | Redemption date 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	101.00%
Senior Notes 6 Percent Due 2023 | Redemption date 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Senior Notes 6 Percent Due 2023 | Redemption date 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Senior Notes 6 Percent Due 2023 | Redemption date 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
CAD 5.375 Percent Senior Notes due 2023 | Redemption date 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	104.031%
CAD 5.375 Percent Senior Notes due 2023 | Redemption date 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	102.688%
CAD 5.375 Percent Senior Notes due 2023 | Redemption date 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	101.344%
CAD 5.375 Percent Senior Notes due 2023 | Redemption date 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
CAD 5.375 Percent Senior Notes due 2023 | Redemption date 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Senior Subordinated Notes 5.75 Percent due 2024 | Redemption date 2019
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.958%
Senior Subordinated Notes 5.75 Percent due 2024 | Redemption date 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Senior Subordinated Notes 5.75 Percent due 2024 | Redemption date 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Senior Subordinated Notes 5.75 Percent due 2024 | Redemption date 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Senior Subordinated Notes 5.75 Percent due 2024 | Redemption date 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Senior Subordinated Notes 5.75 Percent due 2024 | Redemption date 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Euro Notes 3 Percent due 2025 | Redemption date 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	101.50%
Euro Notes 3 Percent due 2025 | Redemption date 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.75%
Euro Notes 3 Percent due 2025 | Redemption date 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Euro Notes 3 Percent due 2025 | Redemption date 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Euro Notes 3 Percent due 2025 | Redemption date 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Euro Notes 3 Percent due 2025 | Redemption date 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
GBP Notes due 2025 3.875 Percent | Redemption date 2020
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	101.938%
GBP Notes due 2025 3.875 Percent | Redemption date 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.969%
GBP Notes due 2025 3.875 Percent | Redemption date 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
GBP Notes due 2025 3.875 Percent | Redemption date 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
GBP Notes due 2025 3.875 Percent | Redemption date 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
GBP Notes due 2025 3.875 Percent | Redemption date 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100000.00%
Senior Notes 5.375 Percent due 2026 | Redemption date 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	102.688%
Senior Notes 5.375 Percent due 2026 | Redemption date 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	101.792%
Senior Notes 5.375 Percent due 2026 | Redemption date 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.896%
Senior Notes 5.375 Percent due 2026 | Redemption date 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Senior Notes 5.375 Percent due 2026 | Redemption date 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Senior Notes 5.375 Percent due 2026 | Redemption date 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Senior Notes 4.875 Percent due 2027 | Redemption date 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	102.438%
Senior Notes 4.875 Percent due 2027 | Redemption date 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	101.625%
Senior Notes 4.875 Percent due 2027 | Redemption date 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.813%
Senior Notes 4.875 Percent due 2027 | Redemption date 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Senior Notes 4.875 Percent due 2027 | Redemption date 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Senior Notes 4.875 Percent due 2027 | Redemption date 2027
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Senior Notes due 2028 5.25 Percent | Redemption date 2022
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	102.625%
Senior Notes due 2028 5.25 Percent | Redemption date 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	101.75%
Senior Notes due 2028 5.25 Percent | Redemption date 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.875%
Senior Notes due 2028 5.25 Percent | Redemption date 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Senior Notes due 2028 5.25 Percent | Redemption date 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Senior Notes due 2028 5.25 Percent | Redemption date 2027
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100000.00%
Senior Notes due 2028 5.25 Percent | Redemption date 2028
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100000.00%
Senior Notes 4.875 Percent due 2029 | Redemption date 2024
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	102.438%
Senior Notes 4.875 Percent due 2029 | Redemption date 2025
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	101.609%
Senior Notes 4.875 Percent due 2029 | Redemption date 2026
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.814%
Senior Notes 4.875 Percent due 2029 | Redemption date 2027
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Senior Notes 4.875 Percent due 2029 | Redemption date 2028
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Senior Notes 4.875 Percent due 2029 | Redemption date 2029
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%

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Repurchase price of senior subordinated notes as a percent of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest of the debt, if there is a change of control as specified in the applicable notes' indenture.

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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 470
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph e
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=75038535&loc=d3e64711-112823

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