RIGHT-OF-USE ASSETS AND LEASES - Other Lease Related Items (Details) - CAD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
RIGHT-OF-USE ASSETS AND LEASES
Short-term lease expense	$ 181	$ 236
Variable lease expense	39	45
Leases with residual value guarantees	0	0
Cash outflow for leases	$ 501	$ 464

The cash outflow for leases.

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The amount of the expense relating to short-term leases accounted for applying paragraph 6 of IFRS 16. This expense need not include the expense relating to leases with a lease term of one month or less. Short-term lease is a lease that, at the commencement date, has a lease term of 12 months or less. A lease that contains a purchase option is not a short-term lease.

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The amount of the expense relating to variable lease payments not included in the measurement of lease liabilities. Variable lease payments are the portion of payments made by a lessee to a lessor for the right to use an underlying asset during the lease term that varies because of changes in facts or circumstances occurring after the commencement date, other than the passage of time. [Refer: Lease liabilities]

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Information pertaining to lease liabilities with residual value guarantees.

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