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other operating income | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
other operating income |
other operating income | 7 other operating income
|  |  |  | Three months |  | Six months
Periods ended June 30 (millions) |  | Note |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Government assistance, including deferral account amortization |  |  |  | $ | 5 |  | $ | 6 |  | $ | 12 |  | $ | 12
Investment income, gain(loss) on disposal of assets and other |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 13 |  |  | 26
Interest income |  | 21(c) |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | 1
|  |  |  | $ | 10 |  | $ | 13 |  | $ | 27 |  | $ | 39

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