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Property, plant and equipment - Reconciliation of Minimum Future Lease Payments (Details) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2018 CAD ($)
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Disclosure of finance lease and operating lease by lessee [line items] |
Minimum future lease payments | $ 2,624
Less: |
Future finance costs | (527)
Present value of future lease obligations | 2,097
2019 |
Less: |
Future finance costs | (120)
Present value of future lease obligations | 466
2020 |
Less: |
Future finance costs | (101)
Present value of future lease obligations | 412
2021 |
Less: |
Future finance costs | (83)
Present value of future lease obligations | 261
2022 |
Less: |
Future finance costs | (66)
Present value of future lease obligations | 210
2023 |
Less: |
Future finance costs | (49)
Present value of future lease obligations | 189
THERE- AFTER |
Less: |
Future finance costs | (108)
Present value of future lease obligations | $ 559

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- Definition The amount representing the difference between the future minimum finance lease payments and their present value. Minimum lease payments are payments over the lease term that the lessee is or can be required to make, excluding contingent rent, costs for services and taxes to be paid by, and reimbursed to, the lessor, together with: (a) for a lessee, any amounts guaranteed by the lessee or by a party related to the lessee; or (b) for a lessor, any residual value guaranteed to the lessor by: (i) the lessee; (ii) a party related to the lessee; or (iii) a third party unrelated to the lessor that is financially capable of discharging the obligations under the guarantee. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Note Expiry date 2019-01-01 -Name IAS -Number 17 -IssueDate 2018-01-01 -Paragraph 31 -Subparagraph b -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=17&date=2018-03-02&anchor=para_31_b&doctype=Standard&book=b -URIDate 2018-03-16 + Details
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- Definition The amount of payments over the finance lease term that the lessee is or can be required to make, excluding contingent rent, costs for services and taxes to be paid by, and reimbursed to, the lessor, together with any amounts guaranteed by the lessee or by a party related to the lessee. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Note Expiry date 2019-01-01 -Name IAS -Number 17 -IssueDate 2018-01-01 -Paragraph 31 -Subparagraph b -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=17&date=2018-03-02&anchor=para_31_b&doctype=Standard&book=b -URIDate 2018-03-16 + Details
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