v3.19.2

employee future benefits | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
employee future benefits |
employee future benefits | 15 employee future benefits (a) Defined benefit pension plans – details Our defined benefit pension plan expense (recovery) was as follows:
Three-month periods ended June 30 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
(million) |  | Employee |  |  |  |  | Other |  |  |  |  | Employee |  |  |  |  | Other |  |  |
|  | benefit |  | Financing |  | comp. |  |  |  | benefits |  | Financing |  | comp. |  |
|  | expense |  | costs |  | income |  |  |  | expense |  | costs |  | income |  |
Recognized in |  | (Note 8) |  | (Note 9) |  | (Note 11) |  | Total |  | (Note 8) |  | (Note 9) |  | (Note 11) |  | Total
Current service cost |  | $ | 18 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 18 |  | $ | 23 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 23
Past service costs |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | —
Net interest; return on plan assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense arising from defined benefit obligations accrued |  |  | — |  |  | 83 |  |  | — |  |  | 83 |  |  | — |  |  | 79 |  |  | — |  |  | 79
Return, including interest income, on plan assets 1 |  |  | — |  |  | (86) |  |  | (131) |  |  | (217) |  |  | — |  |  | (77) |  |  | (152) |  |  | (229)
Interest effect on asset ceiling limit |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 1
|  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (131) |  |  | (131) |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | (152) |  |  | (149)
Administrative fees |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1
Changes in the effect of limiting net defined benefit assets to the asset ceiling |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 115 |  |  | 115 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 9 |  |  | 9
|  | $ | 19 |  | $ | — |  | $ | (16) |  | $ | 3 |  | $ | 24 |  | $ | 3 |  | $ | (143) |  | $ | (116)
Six-month periods ended June 30 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
(million) |  | Employee |  |  |  |  | Other |  |  |  |  | Employee |  |  |  |  | Other |  |  |
|  | benefits |  | Financing |  | comp. |  |  |  |  | benefits |  | Financing |  | comp. |  |  |
|  | expense |  | costs |  | income |  |  |  |  | expense |  | costs |  | income |  |  |
Recognized in |  | (Note 8) |  | (Note 9) |  | (Note 11) |  | Total |  | (Note 8) |  | (Note 9) |  | (Note 11) |  | Total
Current service cost |  | $ | 36 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 36 |  | $ | 45 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 45
Past service costs |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1
Net interest; return on plan assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest expense arising from defined benefit obligations accrued |  |  | — |  |  | 167 |  |  | — |  |  | 167 |  |  | — |  |  | 158 |  |  | — |  |  | 158
Return, including interest income, on plan assets 1 |  |  | — |  |  | (172) |  |  | (490) |  |  | (662) |  |  | — |  |  | (153) |  |  | (90) |  |  | (243)
Interest effect on asset ceiling limit |  |  | — |  |  | 5 |  |  | — |  |  | 5 |  |  | — |  |  | 2 |  |  | — |  |  | 2
|  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (490) |  |  | (490) |  |  | — |  |  | 7 |  |  | (90) |  |  | (83)
Administrative fees |  |  | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3
Changes in the effect of limiting net defined benefit assets to the asset ceiling |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 441 |  |  | 441 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 9 |  |  | 9
|  | $ | 39 |  | $ | — |  | $ | (49) |  | $ | (10) |  | $ | 49 |  | $ | 7 |  | $ | (81) |  | $ | (25)
| (1) |  | The interest income on the plan assets portion of the employee defined benefit plans net interest amount included in Financing costs reflects a rate of return on plan assets equal to the discount rate used in determining the defined benefit obligations accrued.
(b) Defined contribution plans – expense Our total defined contribution pension plan costs recognized were as follows:
|  | Three months |  | Six months
Periods ended June 30 (millions) |  | 2019 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Union pension plan and public service pension plan contributions |  | $ | 5 |  | $ | 5 |  | $ | 11 |  | $ | 11
Other defined contribution pension plans |  |  | 15 |  |  | 15 |  |  | 32 |  |  | 33
|  | $ | 20 |  | $ | 20 |  | $ | 43 |  | $ | 44

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