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additional statement of cash flow information (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
additional statement of cash flow information |
Schedule of operating activities, investing activities and financing activities |
Years ended December 31 (millions) |  | Note |  | 2018 |  | 2017
|  |  |  |  |  |  | (adjusted –
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Note 2(c))
OPERATING ACTIVITIES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net change in non-cash operating working capital |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable |  |  |  | $ | 74 |  | $ | (70)
Inventories |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |  | (60)
Contract assets |  |  |  |  | (103) |  |  | (57)
Prepaid expenses |  |  |  |  | (46) |  |  | (50)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  |  |  |  | (11) |  |  | 126
Income and other taxes receivable and payable, net |  |  |  |  | 277 |  |  | (90)
Advance billings and customer deposits |  |  |  |  | 12 |  |  | 41
Provisions |  |  |  |  | 49 |  |  | (59)
|  |  |  | $ | 256 |  | $ | (219)
INVESTING ACTIVITIES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash payments for capital assets, excluding spectrum licences |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Capital asset additions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gross capital expenditures |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment |  | 17 |  | $ | (2,383) |  | $ | (2,486)
Intangible assets |  | 18 |  |  | (657) |  |  | (617)
|  |  |  |  | (3,040) |  |  | (3,103)
Additions arising from finance leases |  |  |  |  | 102 |  |  | —
Additions arising from non-monetary transactions |  |  |  |  | 24 |  |  | 9
Capital expenditures |  |  |  |  | (2,914) |  |  | (3,094)
Asset retirement obligations netted (included) in additions |  |  |  |  | 15 |  |  | (7)
|  |  |  |  | (2,899) |  |  | (3,101)
Other non-cash items included above |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Change in associated non-cash investing working capital |  |  |  |  | 47 |  |  | (27)
Non-cash change in asset retirement obligation |  |  |  |  | (22) |  |  | 47
|  |  |  |  | 25 |  |  | 20
|  |  |  | $ | (2,874) |  | $ | (3,081)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Issue of shares by subsidiary to non-controlling interests |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Issue of shares |  |  |  | $ | 43 |  | $ | —
Non-monetary issue of shares in business combination |  | 18(b) |  |  | (19) |  |  | —
Cash proceeds on share issuance |  |  |  |  | 24 |  |  | —
Transaction costs and other |  |  |  |  | — |  |  | (1)
|  |  |  | $ | 24 |  | $ | (1)
Schedule of changes in liabilities arising from financing activities |
|  |  |  |  | Year ended December 31, 2017 |  |  |  |  | Year ended December 31, 2018 |  |  |
|  |  |  |  | Statement of cash flows |  | Non-cash changes |  |  |  |  | Statement of cash flows |  | Non-cash changes |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Foreign |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Foreign |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | As at |  |  |  |  | Redemptions, |  | exchange |  |  |  |  | As at |  |  |  |  | Redemptions, |  | exchange |  |  |  |  | As at
|  | January 1, |  | Issued or |  | repayments or |  | movement |  |  |  |  | December 31, |  | Issued or |  | repayments or |  | movement |  |  |  |  | December 31,
(millions) |  | 2017 |  | received |  | payments |  | (Note 4(i)) |  | Other |  | 2017 |  | received |  | payments |  | (Note 4(i)) |  | Other |  | 2018
Dividends payable to holders of Common Shares |  | $ | 284 |  | $ | — |  | $ | (1,152) |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1,167 |  | $ | 299 |  | $ | — |  | $ | (1,226) |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1,253 |  | $ | 326
Dividends reinvested in shares from Treasury |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 70 |  |  | — |  |  | (70) |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 85 |  |  | — |  |  | (85) |  |  | —
|  | $ | 284 |  | $ | — |  | $ | (1,082) |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1,097 |  | $ | 299 |  | $ | — |  | $ | (1,141) |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1,168 |  | $ | 326
Short-term borrowings |  | $ | 100 |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | 100 |  | $ | 26 |  | $ | (93) |  | $ | (1) |  | $ | 68 |  | $ | 100
Long-term debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
TELUS Corporation notes |  | $ | 11,367 |  | $ | 990 |  | $ | (700) |  | $ | (91) |  | $ | (5) |  | $ | 11,561 |  | $ | 1,725 |  | $ | (1,250) |  | $ | 170 |  | $ | (20) |  | $ | 12,186
TELUS Corporation commercial paper |  |  | 613 |  |  | 5,295 |  |  | (4,710) |  |  | (58) |  |  | — |  |  | 1,140 |  |  | 3,678 |  |  | (4,115) |  |  | 71 |  |  | — |  |  | 774
TELUS Communications Inc. debentures |  |  | 619 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | 620 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 620
TELUS International (Cda) Inc. credit facility |  |  | 332 |  |  | 82 |  |  | (56) |  |  | (20) |  |  | 1 |  |  | 339 |  |  | 97 |  |  | (50) |  |  | 33 |  |  | — |  |  | 419
Finance leases |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (3) |  |  | — |  |  | 105 |  |  | 102
Derivatives used to manage currency risk arising from U.S. dollar-denominated long-term debt – liability (asset) |  |  | 20 |  |  | 4,710 |  |  | (4,746) |  |  | 149 |  |  | (40) |  |  | 93 |  |  | 4,115 |  |  | (4,074) |  |  | (241) |  |  | 34 |  |  | (73)
|  |  | 12,951 |  |  | 11,077 |  |  | (10,212) |  |  | (20) |  |  | (43) |  |  | 13,753 |  |  | 9,615 |  |  | (9,492) |  |  | 33 |  |  | 119 |  |  | 14,028
To eliminate effect of gross settlement of derivatives used to manage currency risk arising from U.S. dollar-denominated long-term debt |  |  | — |  |  | (4,710) |  |  | 4,710 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (4,115) |  |  | 4,115 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | —
|  | $ | 12,951 |  | $ | 6,367 |  | $ | (5,502) |  | $ | (20) |  | $ | (43) |  | $ | 13,753 |  | $ | 5,500 |  | $ | (5,377) |  | $ | 33 |  | $ | 119 |  | $ | 14,028

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