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Debt Instrument, Number of Debt Covenants

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Line of Credit Facility, Finance Lease, Maximum Borrowing Capacity

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Line of Credit Facility, Finance Lease, Remaining Borrowing Capacity

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Line of Credit Facility, Accordion Feature, Increase Limit

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Line of Credit Facility, Allowable Other Debt Outstanding Limit

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Ratio Of Indebtedness To Net Capital, Step-Up Multiple For Following Four Quarters

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The total amount of the contingent obligation under letters of credit outstanding as of the reporting date.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Amount of increase (decrease) of the credit facility.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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Indebtedness divided by net capital.

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Long term debt - Credit facility narrative (Details) - Credit facility	2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 15, 2023 CAD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 CAD ($) covenant	Dec. 31, 2021 CAD ($)
Financial Guarantee \| Mikisew North American Limited Partnership ("MNALP")
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity of credit facility		$ 80,000,000
Financial Guarantee \| Mikisew North American Limited Partnership ("MNALP") \| Subsequent event
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, increase (decrease), net	$ 30,000,000
Financial Guarantee \| Nuna Logistics Partnership
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facilities		300,000
Revolver \| Credit Facility
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity of credit facility		300,000,000
Additional borrowing limit		50,000,000
Finance lease borrowing limit		175,000,000
Other outstanding debt limit		20,000,000
Amount outstanding during period		32,000,000	$ 33,900,000
Unused borrowing availability under the revolving facility		88,000,000	181,100,000
Unused borrowing availability under finance lease obligations		$ 46,600,000	$ 28,600,000
Number of financial covenants \| covenant		2
Senior leverage ratio, step-up		0.50
Fixed charge ratio		1.15
Revolver \| Credit Facility \| Financial Guarantee
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit facilities		$ 53,400,000
Revolver \| Credit Facility \| Minimum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Standby fees percentage		0.40%
Revolver \| Credit Facility \| Maximum
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Standby fees percentage		0.75%
Revolver \| Credit Facility \| Debt covenant period, tranche two
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Senior leverage ratio		3.0