Net book value of property plant and equipment.

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The amount of sale consideration from sale and lease back transaction.

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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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Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale; includes cash outflows to pay for construction of self-constructed assets.

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale and leaseback transaction from transfer of asset accounted for as sale.

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Other Current Assets (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions, $ in Millions					3 Months Ended
	Mar. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Mar. 30, 2023 CAD ($)	Mar. 17, 2022 USD ($)	Mar. 17, 2022 CAD ($)	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Recognized gain on disposition of property, plant and equipment			$ 169.1
Lease term			2 years
Property purchased					$ 23.5	$ 2.0
Amaranth Property
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Property purchased	$ 17.1	$ 23.1
Bolton, Ontario [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Sale consideration			$ 165.0	$ 208.2
Net book value of property plant and equipment			$ 7.1
Lease term			2 years