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Other Non-current Assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Subclassifications of assets, liabilities and equities [abstract] |
Disclosure of Detailed Information About Non-current Assets |
| December 31
| 2017 |  | 2018
Net pension assets (note 19) | $ | 62.9 |  |  | $ | 4.5 |
Land rights | 10.5 |  |  | 10.1 |
Deferred investment costs | 3.2 |  |  | 2.9 |
Deferred financing costs | 0.7 |  |  | 2.1 |
Other | 4.0 |  |  | 10.6 |
| $ | 81.3 |  |  | $ | 30.2 |

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