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financial instruments - Contract assets (Details) - CAD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2024	Mar. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023	Jun. 30, 2023	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Credit risk
Contract assets	$ 843	$ 867	$ 898	$ 857	$ 879	$ 908
Cost/Gross amount
Credit risk
Contract assets	870		929
Allowance for doubtful accounts
Credit risk
Contract assets	(27)		(31)
The 12-month period ending one year hence
Credit risk
Contract assets	564		595	567
The 12-month period ending one year hence | Cost/Gross amount
Credit risk
Contract assets	583		616
The 12-month period ending one year hence | Allowance for doubtful accounts
Credit risk
Contract assets	(19)		(21)
The 12-month period ending two years hence
Credit risk
Contract assets	227		250	236
The 12-month period ending two years hence | Cost/Gross amount
Credit risk
Contract assets	234		259
The 12-month period ending two years hence | Allowance for doubtful accounts
Credit risk
Contract assets	(7)		(9)
Thereafter
Credit risk
Contract assets	52		53	$ 54
Thereafter | Cost/Gross amount
Credit risk
Contract assets	53		54
Thereafter | Allowance for doubtful accounts
Credit risk
Contract assets	$ (1)		$ (1)

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- Definition

The amount of an entity’s right to consideration in exchange for goods or services that the entity has transferred to a customer, when that right is conditioned on something other than the passage of time (for example, the entity’s future performance).

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 15
-IssueDate 2023-01-01
-Paragraph 105
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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 15
-IssueDate 2023-01-01
-Paragraph 116
-Subparagraph a
-URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=15&code=ifrs-tx-2023-en-r&anchor=para_116_a&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2023-03-23

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- Definition

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+ References

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