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Capital Stock - Maximum Number of Shares Outstanding Exercised or Converted (Detail) - Convertible Common Stock [Member] - Scenario, Forecast [Member] - Subsequent Event [Member]	Mar. 09, 2017 shares
Class of Stock [Line Items]
Common Shares	382,269,005
Stock options	9,258,413
Total number of shares outstanding	391,527,418

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(29))
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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