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Long-term debt (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Financial Instruments [Abstract] |
Summary of long-term debt |
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 | NOTE | WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE AT DECEMBER 31, 2023 |  | 2023 | 2022
Notes payable(1) | 29 | 5.21 |  | % | 207 |  | 869 |
Loans secured by receivables(2) | 29 | 6.16 |  | % | 1,588 |  | 1,588 |
Long-term debt due within one year(3) | 25 | 3.60 |  | % | 3,247 |  | 1,680 |
Total debt due within one year |  |  |  | 5,042 |  | 4,137 |
(1)Includes commercial paper of $149 million in U.S. dollars ($197 million in Canadian dollars) and $627 million in U.S. dollars ($849 million in Canadian dollars) as at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, which were issued under our U.S. commercial paper program and have been hedged for foreign currency fluctuations with forward currency contracts. See Note 29, Financial and capital management, for additional details. (2)Loans secured by receivables totaled $1,200 million in U.S. dollars ($1,588 million in Canadian dollars) and $1,173 million in U.S. dollars ($1,588 million in Canadian dollars) as at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, and have been hedged for foreign currency fluctuations with forward currency contracts. See Note 29, Financial and capital management, for additional details. (3)Included in long-term debt due within one year is the current portion of lease liabilities of $1,074 million and $930 million as at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 | NOTE | WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATE AT DECEMBER 31, 2023 |  | MATURITY | 2023 | 2022
| Debt securities |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | 1997 trust indenture (1) |  | 4.02 | % |  | 2024-2053 | 19,768 |  | 16,747 |
|  | 1976 trust indenture |  | 9.38 | % |  | 2027-2054 | 975 |  | 975 |
|  | 2011 trust indenture |  | 4.00 | % |  | 2024 | 225 |  | 225 |
|  | 2016 U.S. trust indenture (2) |  | 3.58 | % |  | 2024-2052 | 7,529 |  | 6,525 |
|  | 1996 trust indenture (subordinated) |  | 8.21 | % |  | 2026-2031 | 275 |  | 275 |
| Lease liabilities |  | 5.82 | % |  | 2024-2068 | 4,857 |  | 4,402 |
| Bell Mobility trade loan (3) |  | 6.98 | % |  | 2025 | 476 |  | — |
| Other |  |  |  |  | 422 |  | 449 |
Total debt |  |  |  |  | 34,527 |  | 29,598 |
| Net unamortized discount |  |  |  |  | (33) |  | (34) |
| Unamortized debt issuance costs |  |  |  |  | (112) |  | (101) |
| Less: |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Amount due within one year | 24 |  |  |  | (3,247) |  | (1,680) |
Total long-term debt |  |  |  |  | 31,135 |  | 27,783 |
(1)At December 31, 2023 and 2022, $1,625 million and $500 million, respectively, have been swapped from fixed to floating using interest rate swaps. As at December 31, 2023, $700 million and $525 million have been swapped from fixed to floating with forward interest rate swaps starting in 2024 and 2028, respectively. See Note 29, Financial and capital management, for additional details. (2)At December 31, 2023 and 2022, notes issued under the 2016 U.S. trust indenture totaled $5,700 million and $4,850 million in U.S. dollars, respectively, and have been hedged for foreign currency fluctuations with cross currency interest rate swaps, including $600 million in U.S. dollars, which has been swapped from fixed to floating. See Note 29, Financial and capital management, for additional details. (3)At December 31, 2023, loans incurred under the Bell Mobility trade loan agreement totaled $360 million in U.S. dollars and have been hedged for foreign currency fluctuations with cross currency interest rate swaps. See Note 29, Financial and capital management, for additional details.

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