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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 1 Months Ended |
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Jan. 01, 2010 | Sep. 30, 2013
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Reduction in deferred tax liabilities due to statutory tax rates in Canada being lower than those in the United States | $ (5.1) |
Unremitted Foreign Earnings |  | 33.9
Unrecognized deferred tax liability associated with undistributed foreign earnings |  | $ 5.2

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