Dividends recognised as incentive distributions to owners

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Exchangeable shares issued as a result of the Holding LP Distribution, Total

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Quarterly Dividend Recognised As Distributions To Owners, Annual Rate, Percent

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Quarterly Dividends Recognised As Distributions To Owners Per Share

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The amount, per share, of dividends recognised as distributions to owners.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IAS
-Number 1
-IssueDate 2020-01-01
-Paragraph 107
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-URIDate 2020-01-01

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DISTRIBUTIONS - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020 $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Jul. 01, 2020 $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2020 $ / shares
Disclosure of classes of share capital [line items]
Partnership distributions (usd per share)	$ 0.5375
Exchangeable shares issued as a result of special distribution \| shares	46.3
Class A Preference Limited Partnership Units, Series 1
Disclosure of classes of share capital [line items]
Quarterly distribution rate (as a percent)					3.974%	4.50%
Quarterly distribution (usd per share)					$ 0.2484	$ 0.2813
Special General Partner
Disclosure of classes of share capital [line items]
Dividends recognised as incentive distributions to owners \| $		$ 183	$ 158	$ 136