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Trade payables and other liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Subclassifications of assets, liabilities and equities [abstract] |
Disclosure of trade payables and other liabilities |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 | NOTE | 2020 | 2019
Trade payables and accruals |  | 2,595 |  | 2,604 |
Compensation payable |  | 592 |  | 589 |
Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Ltd. (MLSE) financial liability (1) | 28 |  | 149 |  | 135 |
Derivative liabilities | 28 | 69 |  | 49 |
Provisions | 25 |  | 53 |  | 33 |
Commodity taxes payable |  | 33 |  | 101 |
Severance and other costs payable |  | 23 |  | 35 |
CRTC deferral account obligation | 28 | 13 |  | 13 |
Other current liabilities |  | 408 |  | 395 |
Total trade payables and other liabilities |  | 3,935 |  | 3,954 |
(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) income in the income statements.

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