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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Amount of paid and unpaid common stock dividends declared with the form of settlement in cash, stock and payment-in-kind (PIK).

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-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
-SubTopic 405
-Topic 942
-Publisher FASB
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Amount of paid and unpaid preferred stock dividends declared with the form of settlement in cash, stock and payment-in-kind (PIK).

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of preferred stock outstanding.

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Dividends (Detail) $ / shares in Units, $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended				6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2023 CAD ($) $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2022 CAD ($) $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2023 CAD ($) $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2022 CAD ($) $ / shares
Dividends [Line Items]
Dividend declared for common share holders \| $	$ 75,379		$ 122,636		$ 150,765		$ 238,209
Cash dividend declared per common share (USD per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.1085		$ 0.1808		$ 0.2170		$ 0.3514
Series A preferred shares
Dividends [Line Items]
Dividends declared for preferred share holders \| $		$ 1,549		$ 1,549		$ 3,097		$ 3,097
Dividend declared per preferred share (CAD per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.3226		$ 0.3226		$ 0.6453		$ 0.6453
Series D preferred shares
Dividends [Line Items]
Dividends declared for preferred share holders \| $		$ 1,273		$ 1,273		$ 2,546		$ 2,546
Dividend declared per preferred share (CAD per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.3182		$ 0.3182		$ 0.6364		$ 0.6364