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Employee future benefits - Additional Information (Details) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) plan
Disclosure of net defined benefit liability (asset) [line items] |
Estimate of contributions expected to be paid to plan for next annual reporting period | $ | $ 0
Number of plans | plan | 2
Actuarial assumption of medical cost trend rates |
Disclosure of net defined benefit liability (asset) [line items] |
Percentage of reasonably possible decrease in actuarial assumption | 1.00%
Percentage of reasonably possible increase in actuarial assumption | 1.00%

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- Definition The estimate of the expected contributions to be made to a defined benefit plan for the next annual reporting period. [Refer: Defined benefit plans [member]] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 19 -IssueDate 2022-03-24 -Paragraph 147 -Subparagraph b -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=19&code=ifrs-tx-2022-en-r&anchor=para_147_b&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2022-03-24 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 19 -IssueDate 2022-03-24 -Paragraph 148 -Subparagraph d -Clause iii -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=19&code=ifrs-tx-2022-en-r&anchor=para_148_d_iii&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2022-03-24 + Details
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- Definition The reasonably possible percentage of the decrease in the actuarial assumption used to determine the present value of defined benefit obligation. [Refer: Actuarial assumptions [member]] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 19 -IssueDate 2022-03-24 -Paragraph 145 -Subparagraph a -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=19&code=ifrs-tx-2022-en-r&anchor=para_145_a&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2022-03-24 + Details
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