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Commitments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

NOTE 22. COMMITMENTS

Operating Lease Commitments

The Corporation has commitments under various operating lease agreements, primarily for vehicles and office space. Terms of the office leases run for a period of one to 10 years while the vehicle leases are typically for terms of between three and four years. Expected non-cancellable operating lease payments are as follows:

	2018		2017
Less than one year	$	13,496	$	12,248
Between one and five years		36,639		27,445
Later than five years		17,797		21,909
	$	67,932	$	61,602

Certain leased properties were sublet by the Corporation.

The following amounts were recognized as expenses in respect of operating leases in the consolidated statements of loss:

	2018			2017
Operating leases	$	17,187		$	16,311
Sub-lease recoveries		(540	)		(441	)
	$	16,647		$	15,870

Capital Commitments

At December 31, 2018, the Corporation had commitments to purchase property, plant and equipment totaling $179.8 million (2017 – $132.9 million). Payments of $88.0 million for these commitments are expected to be made in 2019, $73.6 million in 2020 and $18.2 million in 2021.