Property, plant and equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 29, 2018

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

8. Property, Plant and Equipment

The major components of property, plant and equipment as at December 29, 2018 and December 30, 2017were as follows:

	December 29, 2018
	Cost	Accumulated depreciation	Net book value
	$	$	$
Land	7,075	-	7,075
Buildings	73,792	24,059	49,733
Machinery and equipment	192,982	94,920	98,062
Enterprise software	20,996	8,878	12,118
Office furniture and equipment	11,505	8,472	3,033
Vehicles	3,191	2,180	1,011
	309,541	138,509	171,032
	December 30, 2017
	Cost	Accumulated depreciation	Net book value
	$	$	$
Land	7,124	-	7,124
Buildings	70,383	21,784	48,599
Machinery and equipment	178,760	84,525	94,235
Enterprise software	14,829	6,651	8,178
Office furniture and equipment	12,063	7,834	4,229
Vehicles	3,609	2,350	1,259
	286,768	123,144	163,624

As at December 29, 2018property, plant and equipment included construction in process assets of $19.4 million (December 30, 2017 – $23.7 million), which were not being depreciated as they had not yet reached the stage of commercial viability. In addition, as at December 29, 2018, machinery and equipment included equipment under capital leases with a cost of $10.1 million (December 30, 2017 – $11.9 million) and a net book value of $3.4 million (December 30, 2017 – $5.4 million), as well as $4.9 million (December 30, 2017 – $5.0 million) of spare parts inventory.

Total depreciation expense included in cost of goods sold and selling, general and administrative expenses on the consolidated statements of operations related to property, plant and equipment for the year ended December 29, 2018was $21.9 million (December 30, 2017 – $21.7 million; December 31, 2016 – $22.9 million).