Long-term debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 02, 2016

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule Of Line Of Credit Facilities And Long Term Debt [Table Text Block]

		January 2, 2016	January 3, 2015
		$	$
Bank indebtedness:
	North American credit facilities(1)	70,563	6,263
	European credit facilities(2)	87,419	69,869
	Bulgarian credit facility(3)	1,791	2,322
		159,773	78,454
Long-term debt:
	Second lien loan, net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $7,757(4)	312,243	-
	Capital lease obligations(5)	9,245	4,325
	Other	1,507	256
		322,995	4,581
	Less: current portion	1,773	1,042
		321,222	3,539

Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt [Table Text Block]

	$
2016	1,773
2017	2,429
2018	3,824
2019	1,837
2020	889
Thereafter	320,000
Total gross repayments	330,752
Unamortized debt issuance costs	(7,757)
	322,995

Schedule Of Interest Expense And Interest Income [Table Text Block]

	January 2, 2016	January 3, 2015	December 28, 2013
	$	$	$
Interest expense	9,853	3,717	4,052
Amortization of debt issuance costs	5,895	375	350
Interest income	(79)	(149)	(186)
Interest expense, net	15,669	3,943	4,216