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other long-term assets - Costs incurred to obtain and fulfill contracts with customers (Details) - CAD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended |
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Jun. 30, 2026 | Jun. 30, 2025 | Jun. 30, 2026 | Jun. 30, 2025 | Dec. 31, 2025
other long-term assets |  |  |  |  |
Balance, beginning of period | $ 682 |  | $ 783 |  |
Additions | 133 |  | 277 |  |
Amortization | (108) | $ 0 | (353) |  |
Balance, end of period | 707 |  | 707 |  |
Current | 335 |  | 335 |  | $ 413
Non-current | 372 |  | 372 |  | 370
Total | 707 |  | 707 |  | 783
Costs incurred to obtain contracts with customers |  |  |  |  |
other long-term assets |  |  |  |  |
Balance, beginning of period | 595 |  | 701 |  |
Additions | 125 |  | 261 |  |
Amortization | (106) |  | (348) |  |
Balance, end of period | 614 |  | 614 |  |
Current | 301 |  | 301 |  |
Non-current | 313 |  | 313 |  |
Total | 614 |  | 614 |  | 701
Costs incurred to obtain contracts with customers | Restructuring and other costs |  |  |  |  |
other long-term assets |  |  |  |  |
Amortization | 0 | $ 0 | (130) | $ 0 |
Costs incurred to fulfill contracts with customers |  |  |  |  |
other long-term assets |  |  |  |  |
Balance, beginning of period | 87 |  | 82 |  |
Additions | 8 |  | 16 |  |
Amortization | (2) |  | (5) |  |
Balance, end of period | 93 |  | 93 |  |
Current | 34 |  | 34 |  |
Non-current | 59 |  | 59 |  |
Total | $ 93 |  | $ 93 |  | $ 82

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- Definition The amount of assets recognised from the costs to obtain or fulfil contracts with customers. The costs to obtain a contract with a customer are the incremental costs of obtaining the contract that the entity would not have incurred if the contract had not been obtained. The costs to fulfil a contract with a customer are the costs that relate directly to a contract or to an anticipated contract that the entity can specifically identify. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 15 -IssueDate 2025-01-01 -Paragraph 128 -Subparagraph a -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=15&code=ifrs-tx-2025-en-r&anchor=para_128_a&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2025-03-27 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Note Effective 2027-01-01 -Name IFRS -Number 19 -IssueDate 2025-01-01 -Paragraph 113 -Subparagraph a -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=19&code=ifrs-tx-2025-en-r&anchor=para_113_a&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2025-03-27 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Note Effective 2027-01-01 -Name IFRS -Number 19 -IssueDate 2025-01-01 -Paragraph 113 -Subparagraph a -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=19&code=ifrs-tx-2025-en-r&anchor=para_113_a&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2025-03-27 + Details
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