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Net income per common share - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions |  |  | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Sep. 09, 2021 | May 03, 2021 | Jan. 30, 2020 | Sep. 30, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Mar. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated share repurchases settlement receipt |  |  |  |  | $ 250 |  | $ 250 | $ 350 | $ 500
Initial shares received as part of an accelerated share repurchase program |  |  |  |  |  | 3,500,000 |  |  |
Common Shares Repurchased Accelerated Share Repurchase Agreements |  |  |  |  | 1,165,607 |  |  |  |
Accelerated share repurchases price paid per share |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 53.58 |  |
Accelerate share repurchase |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated share repurchases settlement receipt |  |  |  | $ 350 |  |  |  |  |
Initial shares received as part of an accelerated share repurchase program |  | 3,785,831 | 7,055,919 |  |  |  |  |  |
Common Shares Repurchased Accelerated Share Repurchase Agreements | 828,965 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated share repurchases price paid per share | $ 75.8430 |  |  | $ 75.84 |  |  |  |  |

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