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Capital Stock - Maximum Number of Shares Outstanding Exercised or Converted (Detail) - Convertible Common Stock [Member] - Subsequent Event [Member] | Mar. 06, 2018 shares
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Class of Stock [Line Items] |
Common Shares | 358,395,997
Stock options | 7,661,769
Total number of shares outstanding | 366,057,766

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