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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) |  | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 01, 2010 | Dec. 31, 2016
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Other deferred tax assets |  | $ 35,800,000
Federal net operating losses |  | 484,000,000
Canadian net operating losses |  | 16,000,000
State net operating losses |  | 389,000,000
Unrecognized tax benefits |  | $ 0
Increase in deferred tax liabilities due to statutory tax rates in Canada being lower than those in the United States | $ 1,000,000 |
Increase in deferred tax liabilities due to statutory tax rates in Canada being lower than those in the United States, amortization period |  | This amount was fully amortized as of December 31, 2016.
Unremitted foreign earnings |  | $ 18,800,000
Unrecognized deferred tax liability associated with undistributed foreign earnings |  | 2,500,000
State and Local Jurisdiction | Expire in 2016 |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Net operating losses carried forward |  | 603,000
State and Local Jurisdiction | Prior Years |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Net operating losses carried forward |  | $ 5,000,000
Canada |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Tax periods open for examination |  | Tax years ended December 31, 2012 through December 31, 2015
Canada | Prior Years |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Net operating losses carried forward |  | $ 16,000,000
Canada | Earliest Tax Year |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Tax period open for examination |  | 2012
Canada | Latest Tax Year |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Tax period open for examination |  | 2015
Federal, State and Canadian | Expire in 2025 |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Net operating losses carried forward |  | $ 2,800,000
Federal, State and Canadian | Expire in 2026 |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Net operating losses carried forward |  | 17,100,000
Federal, State and Canadian | Expire in 2027 |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Net operating losses carried forward |  | 102,000
Federal, State and Canadian | Expire in 2029 |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Net operating losses carried forward |  | 33,200,000
Federal, State and Canadian | Expire in 2030 |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Net operating losses carried forward |  | 28,600,000
Federal, State and Canadian | Expire in 2031 |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Net operating losses carried forward |  | 92,000,000
Federal, State and Canadian | Expire in 2034 |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Net operating losses carried forward |  | 30,000
Federal, State and Canadian | Expire in 2035 |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Net operating losses carried forward |  | 302,600,000
Federal, State and Canadian | Expire in 2036 |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Net operating losses carried forward |  | $ 391,100,000
U.S. |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Tax periods open for examination |  | Tax years ended December 31, 2013 through December 31, 2015
U.S. | Earliest Tax Year |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Tax period open for examination |  | 2013
U.S. | Latest Tax Year |  |
Income Taxes [Line Items] |  |
Tax period open for examination |  | 2015

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