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Other information Other information - Supplemental cash flow information (Details) - CAD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Cash paid during the year for:
Interest	$ 9,258	$ 5,615
Cash received during the year for:
Interest	$ 41	$ 162

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Amount of cash paid for interest, excluding capitalized interest, classified as operating activity. Includes, but is not limited to, payment to settle zero-coupon bond for accreted interest of debt discount and debt instrument with insignificant coupon interest rate in relation to effective interest rate of borrowing attributable to accreted interest of debt discount.

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Interest received on loans and other debt instruments during the current period.

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