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Other Losses | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Other Income and Expenses [Abstract] |
Other Losses | Other losses Other losses consist of the following:
| 2019 |  | 2018
Pension and other post-employment non-service costs (note 10) | $ | (17,332 | ) |  | $ | (4,990 | )
Acquisition and transition-related costs (note 3) | (11,609 | ) |  | (687 | )
Other | (15,085 | ) |  | (2,725 | )
| $ | (44,026 | ) |  | $ | (8,402 | )

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