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Trade payables and other liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Subclassifications of assets, liabilities and equities [abstract] |
Disclosure of trade payables and other liabilities |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 | NOTE |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
Trade payables and accruals |  | 2,441 |  | 2,319 |
Deferred revenues |  | 884 |  | 819 |
Compensation payable |  | 560 |  | 531 |
Taxes payable |  | 150 |  | 137 |
Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Ltd. (MLSE) financial liability (1) | 24 |  | 135 |  | 135 |
Derivative liabilities | 24 |  | 96 |  | 18 |
CRTC tangible benefits obligation | 24 |  | 38 |  | 51 |
Provisions | 21 |  | 55 |  | 39 |
Severance and other costs payable |  | 29 |  | 30 |
CRTC deferral account obligation | 24 |  | 28 |  | 32 |
Other current liabilities |  | 207 |  | 215 |
Total trade payables and other liabilities |  | 4,623 |  | 4,326 |
(1) | Represents BCE’s obligation to repurchase the BCE Master Trust Fund’s (Master Trust) 9% interest in MLSE at a price not less than an agreed minimum price should the Master Trust exercise its put option. The obligation to repurchase is marked to market each reporting period and the gain or loss is recorded in Other (expense) income in the income statements.

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