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Employee Benefit Plans | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Employee Benefit Plans | NOTE 16. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS The Corporation has a defined contribution pension plan covering a significant number of its employees. Under this plan, the Corporation matches individual contributions up to 5% of the employee’s eligible compensation. Total expense under the defined contribution plan in 2017 was $10.4 million (2016 – $8.6 million).

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