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FINANCE COSTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Finance Costs [Abstract] |
Schedule of finance cost |
|  | Years ended December 31
(In millions of dollars) | Note | 2020 | 2019
Interest on borrowings 1 |  | 780 |  | 746 |
Interest on lease liabilities | 8 |  | 70 |  | 61 |
Interest on post-employment benefits liability | 23 |  | 13 |  | 11 |
Loss on repayment of long-term debt | 21 |  | — |  | 19 |
Loss (gain) on foreign exchange |  | 107 |  | (79) |
Change in fair value of derivative instruments |  | (97) |  | 80 |
Capitalized interest |  | (19) |  | (19) |
Other |  | 27 |  | 21 |
Total finance costs |  | 881 |  | 840 |
1 Interest on borrowings includes interest on short-term borrowings and on long-term debt.

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