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Non-Controlling Interest in Subsidiaries | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Non-Controlling Interest in Subsidiaries [Abstract] |
Noncontrolling Interest Disclosure [Text Block] |
30. NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST IN SUBSIDIARIES
Non-controlling interest in subsidiaries consisted of the following:
As at | December 31 | December 31
millions of Canadian dollars |  | 2016 |  | 2015
ICDU | $ | 53 | $ | 52
Preferred shares of GBPC |  | 34 |  | 34
Domlec |  | 25 |  | 23
ECI (1) |  | - |  | 25
| $ | 112 | $ | 134
(1) On December 17, 2015, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Emera acquired approximately 2.6 million ECI shares, increasing its ownership interest from 80.7 per cent to 95.5 per cent. On March 22, 2016, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Emera acquired 0.7 million ECI shares (which owns 51.9 per cent share of Domlec), increasing Emera's ownership interest in ECI from 95.5 to 100 per cent.
Preferred shares of GBPC:
Authorized:
35,000 non-voting cumulative redeemable variable perpetual preferred shares
| 2016 | 2015
Issued and outstanding: | number of shares |  | millions of dollars | number of shares |  | millions of dollars
Outstanding as at December 31 | 35,000 | $ | 34 | 35,000 | $ | 34
GBPC Non–Voting Cumulative Variable Perpetual Preferred Stock: The Preferred Stock is redeemable by GBPC, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at $1,000 Bahamian per share plus accrued and unpaid dividends. The Preferred Stock is entitled to a 7.25 per cent per annum fixed cumulative preferential dividend for years 2013 through 2016, 8.50 per cent per annum fixed cumulative preferential dividend for years 2017 through 2019 and 10.00 per cent per annum fixed cumu lative preferential dividend after 2020, as and when declared by the Board of Directors, accruing from the date of issue. The Preferred Shares rank behind all of GBPC’s current and future secured and unsecured debt with any of GBPC’s future preferred st ock and ahead of all of GBPC’s current and future common stock.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for noncontrolling interest in consolidated subsidiaries, which could include the name of the subsidiary, the ownership percentage held by the parent, the ownership percentage held by the noncontrolling owners, the amount of the noncontrolling interest, the location of this amount on the balance sheet (when not reported separately), an explanation of the increase or decrease in the amount of the noncontrolling interest, the noncontrolling interest share of the net Income or Loss of the subsidiary, the location of this amount on the income statement (when not reported separately), the nature of the noncontrolling interest such as background information and terms, the amount of the noncontrolling interest represented by preferred stock, a description of the preferred stock, and the dividend requirements of the preferred stock. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.31) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 810 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1A -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=64809438&loc=SL4573702-111684 + Details
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