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Trade payables and other liabilities | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Subclassifications of assets, liabilities and equities [abstract] |
Trade payables and other liabilities |
Note 20 | Trade payables and other liabilities
AS AT | NOTE | December 31, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017 |  | January 1, 2017 |
Trade payables and accruals |  | 2,535 |  | 2,448 |  | 2,319 |
Compensation payable |  | 589 |  | 560 |  | 531 |
Taxes payable |  | 129 |  | 150 |  | 137 |
Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Ltd. (MLSE) financial liability (1) | 26 | 135 |  | 135 |  | 135 |
Derivative liabilities | 26 | 27 |  | 96 |  | 18 |
CRTC tangible benefits obligation | 26 | 38 |  | 38 |  | 51 |
Provisions | 23 | 66 |  | 55 |  | 39 |
Severance and other costs payable |  | 63 |  | 29 |  | 30 |
CRTC deferral account obligation | 26 | 16 |  | 28 |  | 32 |
Other current liabilities |  | 343 |  | 336 |  | 379 |
Total trade payables and other liabilities |  | 3,941 |  | 3,875 |  | 3,671 |
(1) | Represents BCE’s obligation to repurchase the BCE Master Trust Fund’s (Master Trust Fund) 9% interest in MLSE at a price not less than an agreed minimum price should the Master Trust Fund 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 in the income statements.

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