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Capital Stock - Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model Weighted Average Assumptions (Details) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 shares | Dec. 31, 2016 shares | Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) year
Share Capital and Share-based Payment Arrangements [Abstract] |  |  |
Risk-free interest rate |  |  | 1.60%
Expected volatility of the market price of our shares |  |  | 35.00%
Expected option life (in years) | year |  |  | 5.5
Weighted average fair value of options granted (in dollars per share) | $ |  |  | $ 4.68
Number of options granted (in shares) | shares | 0 | 0 |

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- Definition The expected volatility of the share price used to calculate the fair value of the share options granted. Expected volatility is a measure of the amount by which a price is expected to fluctuate during a period. The measure of volatility used in option pricing models is the annualised standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a period of time. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 2 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 47 -Subparagraph a -Clause i -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IFRS&num=2&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_47_a_i&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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- Definition The option life of share options granted. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 2 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 47 -Subparagraph a -Clause i -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IFRS&num=2&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_47_a_i&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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- Definition The implied yield currently available on zero-coupon government issues of the country in whose currency the exercise price for share options granted is expressed, with a remaining term equal to the expected term of the option being valued (based on the option's remaining contractual life and taking into account the effects of expected early exercise). [Refer: Government [member]] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 2 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 47 -Subparagraph a -Clause i -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IFRS&num=2&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_47_a_i&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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- Definition The number of share options granted in a share-based payment arrangement. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 2 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 45 -Subparagraph b -Clause ii -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IFRS&num=2&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_45_b_ii&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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- Definition The weighted average fair value of share options granted during the period at the measurement date. [Refer: Weighted average [member]] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 2 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 47 -Subparagraph a -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IFRS&num=2&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_47_a&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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