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Other expense, net (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 28, 2013

Other Income And Expenses [Abstract]

Schedule of Other Income And Other Expense Disclosure [Table Text Block]

				Quarter ended		Three quarters ended
				September 28, 2013	September 29, 2012	September 28, 2013	September 29, 2012
				$	$	$	$
(a)		Severance and other rationalization costs		522	-	1,390	1,295
(b)		Long-lived asset impairment charge		310	-	310	-
(c)		Acquisition-related transaction costs		-	139	127	540
		Other		(45)	125	(28)	171
				787	264	1,799	2,006

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Tablular disclosure for other income or other expense items (both operating and nonoperating). Sources of nonoperating income or nonoperating expense that may be disclosed, include amounts earned from dividends, interest on securities, profits (losses) on securities, net and miscellaneous other income or income deductions.

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