additional statement of cash flow information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

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