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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity CAD in Thousands | CAD shares | Issued capital Class A Voting Shares CAD shares | Issued capital Class B Non-Voting Shares CAD shares | Retained earnings CAD | Available- for-sale financial assets reserve CAD | Hedging reserve CAD | Equity investment hedging reserve CAD
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Shareholders' equity, beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2015 | CAD 5,636,000 | CAD 72,000 | CAD 402,000 | CAD 4,474,000 | CAD 598,000 | CAD 57,000 | CAD 33,000
Number of shares, beginning balance at Dec. 31, 2015 | shares |  | 112,439,000 | 402,308,000 |  |  |  |
Net income for the year | 835,000 |  |  | 835,000 |  |  |
Other comprehensive income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Defined benefit pension plans, net of tax | (74,000) |  |  | (74,000) |  |  |
Available-for-sale investments, net of tax | 44,000 |  |  |  | 44,000 |  |
Derivative instruments accounted for as hedges, net of tax | (164,000) |  |  |  |  | (164,000) |
Share of equity-accounted investments, net of tax | (23,000) |  |  |  |  |  | (23,000)
Other comprehensive income (loss) for the year | (217,000) |  |  | (74,000) | 44,000 | (164,000) | (23,000)
Comprehensive income for the year | 618,000 |  |  | 761,000 | 44,000 | (164,000) | (23,000)
Transactions with shareholders recorded directly in equity: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dividends declared | (988,000) |  |  | (988,000) |  |  |
Shares issued on exercise of stock options | CAD 0 | CAD 0 | CAD 0 |  |  |  |
Shares issued on exercise of stock options (in shares) | shares | 1,811,727 | (27,000) | 27,000 |  |  |  |
Share class exchange | CAD 3,000 |  | CAD 3,000 |  |  |  |
Share class exchange (in shares) | shares |  |  | 61,000 |  |  |  |
Total transactions with shareholders | (985,000) | CAD 0 | CAD 3,000 | (988,000) |  |  |
Total transactions with shareholders (in shares) | shares |  | (27,000) | 88,000 |  |  |  |
Shareholders' equity, ending balance at Dec. 31, 2016 | 5,269,000 | CAD 72,000 | CAD 405,000 | 4,247,000 | 642,000 | (107,000) | 10,000
Number of shares, ending balance at Dec. 31, 2016 | shares |  | 112,412,000 | 402,396,000 |  |  |  |
Net income for the year | 1,711,000 |  |  | 1,711,000 |  |  |
Other comprehensive income (loss): |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Defined benefit pension plans, net of tax | (45,000) |  |  | (45,000) |  |  |
Available-for-sale investments, net of tax | 371,000 |  |  |  | 371,000 |  |
Derivative instruments accounted for as hedges, net of tax | 44,000 |  |  |  |  | 44,000 |
Share of equity-accounted investments, net of tax | (15,000) |  |  |  |  |  | (15,000)
Other comprehensive income (loss) for the year | 355,000 |  |  | (45,000) | 371,000 | 44,000 | (15,000)
Comprehensive income for the year | 2,066,000 |  |  | 1,666,000 | 371,000 | 44,000 | (15,000)
Transactions with shareholders recorded directly in equity: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dividends declared | (988,000) |  |  | (988,000) |  |  |
Shares issued on exercise of stock options | CAD 0 |  | CAD 0 |  |  |  |
Shares issued on exercise of stock options (in shares) | shares | 1,603,557 |  | 2,000 |  |  |  |
Share class exchange | CAD 0 | CAD 0 | CAD 0 |  |  |  |
Share class exchange (in shares) | shares |  | (5,000) | 5,000 |  |  |  |
Total transactions with shareholders | (988,000) | CAD 0 | CAD 0 | (988,000) |  |  |
Total transactions with shareholders (in shares) | shares |  | (5,000) | 7,000 |  |  |  |
Shareholders' equity, ending balance at Dec. 31, 2017 | CAD 6,347,000 | CAD 72,000 | CAD 405,000 | CAD 4,925,000 | CAD 1,013,000 | CAD (63,000) | CAD (5,000)
Number of shares, ending balance at Dec. 31, 2017 | shares |  | 112,407,000 | 402,403,000 |  |  |  |

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