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Employee Benefit Plans	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018
Employees Benefit Plans [Abstract]
Employee Benefit Plans	NOTE 20. 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 2018 was $12.0 million (2017 – $10.4 million).

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