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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Other Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets [Abstract] |
Disclosure of maturity analysis for commitments | Below is a summary of the undiscounted contractual maturities of our financial liabilities and the receivable components of our derivatives as at December 31, 2017 and 2016.
December 31, 2017 | Carrying |  |  | Contractual |  | Less than |  | 1 to 3 |  | 4 to 5 |  | More than |
(In millions of dollars) | amount |  |  | cash flows |  | 1 year |  | years |  | years |  | 5 years |
Bank advances | 6 |  |  | 6 |  | 6 |  | — |  | — |  | — |
Short-term borrowings | 1,585 |  |  | 1,585 |  | 1,585 |  | — |  | — |  | — |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 2,931 |  |  | 2,931 |  | 2,931 |  | — |  | — |  | — |
Long-term debt | 14,448 |  |  | 14,555 |  | 1,756 |  | 1,800 |  | 2,050 |  | 8,949 |
Other long-term financial liabilities | 9 |  |  | 9 |  | 2 |  | 3 |  | 2 |  | 2 |
Expenditure derivative instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash outflow (Canadian dollar) | — |  |  | 1,538 |  | 1,093 |  | 445 |  | — |  | — |
Cash inflow (Canadian dollar equivalent of US dollar) | — |  |  | (1,506 | ) | (1,054 | ) | (452 | ) | — |  | — |
Equity derivative instruments | — |  |  | (68 | ) | (68 | ) | — |  | — |  | — |
Debt derivative instruments accounted for as hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash outflow (Canadian dollar) | — |  |  | 7,417 |  | 1,435 |  | — |  | — |  | 5,982 |
Cash inflow (Canadian dollar equivalent of US dollar) 1 | — |  |  | (8,405 | ) | (1,756 | ) | — |  | — |  | (6,649 | )
Debt derivative instruments not accounted for as hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash outflow (Canadian dollar) | — |  |  | 956 |  | 956 |  | — |  | — |  | — |
Cash inflow (Canadian dollar equivalent of US dollar) 1 | — |  |  | (934 | ) | (934 | ) | — |  | — |  | — |
Bond forwards | — |  |  | 64 |  | 64 |  | — |  | — |  | — |
Net carrying amount of derivatives (asset) | (1,094 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |
| 17,885 |  |  | 18,148 |  | 6,016 |  | 1,796 |  | 2,052 |  | 8,284 |
1 | Represents Canadian dollar equivalent amount of US dollar inflows matched to an equal amount of US dollar maturities in long-term debt for debt derivatives.
December 31, 2016 | Carrying |  |  | Contractual |  | Less than |  | 1 to 3 |  | 4 to 5 |  | More than |
(In millions of dollars) | amount |  |  | cash flows |  | 1 year |  | years |  | years |  | 5 years |
Bank advances | 71 |  |  | 71 |  | 71 |  | — |  | — |  | — |
Short-term borrowings | 800 |  |  | 800 |  | 800 |  | — |  | — |  | — |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 2,783 |  |  | 2,783 |  | 2,783 |  | — |  | — |  | — |
Long-term debt | 16,080 |  |  | 16,197 |  | 750 |  | 3,081 |  | 2,350 |  | 10,016 |
Other long-term financial liabilities | 18 |  |  | 18 |  | — |  | 12 |  | 3 |  | 3 |
Expenditure derivative instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash outflow (Canadian dollar) | — |  |  | 1,708 |  | 1,240 |  | 468 |  | — |  | — |
Cash inflow (Canadian dollar equivalent of US dollar) | — |  |  | (1,732 | ) | (1,249 | ) | (483 | ) | — |  | — |
Equity derivative instruments | — |  |  | (8 | ) | (8 | ) | — |  | — |  | — |
Debt derivative instruments accounted for as hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash outflow (Canadian dollar) | — |  |  | 7,417 |  | — |  | 1,435 |  | — |  | 5,982 |
Cash inflow (Canadian dollar equivalent of US dollar) 1 | — |  |  | (8,996 | ) | — |  | (1,880 | ) | — |  | (7,116 | )
Debt derivative instruments not accounted for as hedges: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash outflow (Canadian dollar) | — |  |  | 201 |  | 201 |  | — |  | — |  | — |
Cash inflow (Canadian dollar equivalent of US dollar) 1 | — |  |  | (201 | ) | (201 | ) | — |  | — |  | — |
Bond forwards | — |  |  | 51 |  | — |  | 51 |  | — |  | — |
Net carrying amount of derivatives (asset) | (1,659 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |
| 18,093 |  |  | 18,309 |  | 4,387 |  | 2,684 |  | 2,353 |  | 8,885 |
1 | Represents Canadian dollar equivalent amount of US dollar inflows matched to an equal amount of US dollar maturities in long-term debt for debt derivatives.
Below is a summary of the repayment of our senior notes during 2017 and 2016. There were no debt derivatives associated with these repayments.
(In millions of dollars)
Maturity date | Notional amount (Cdn$) |
2017 repayments |
March 2017 | 250 |
June 2017 | 500 |
Total for 2017 | 750 |
2016 repayments |
May 2016 | 1,000 |
PRINCIPAL REPAYMENTS Below is a summary of the principal repayments on our long-term debt due in each of the next five years and thereafter as at December 31, 2017.
(In millions of dollars) |
2018 | 1,756 |
2019 | 900 |
2020 | 900 |
2021 | 1,450 |
2022 | 600 |
Thereafter | 8,949 |
Total long-term debt | 14,555 |
Below is a summary of the future minimum payments for our contractual commitments that are not recognized as liabilities as at December 31, 2017:
| Less than |  |  |  | After |  |
(In millions of dollars) | 1 Year |  | 1-3 Years |  | 4-5 Years |  | 5 Years |  | Total |
Operating leases | 202 |  | 308 |  | 167 |  | 294 |  | 971 |
Player contracts 1 | 111 |  | 88 |  | 10 |  | 7 |  | 216 |
Purchase obligations 2 | 368 |  | 346 |  | 167 |  | 121 |  | 1,002 |
Program rights 3 | 546 |  | 1,121 |  | 1,079 |  | 1,886 |  | 4,632 |
Total commitments | 1,227 |  | 1,863 |  | 1,423 |  | 2,308 |  | 6,821 |
1 | Player contracts are Toronto Blue Jays players’ salary contracts into which we have entered and are contractually obligated to pay.
2 | Purchase obligations are the contractual obligations under service, product, and wireless device contracts to which we have committed.
3 | Program rights are the agreements into which we have entered to acquire broadcasting rights for sports broadcasting programs and films for periods in excess of one year at contract inception.

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