Employee retirement benefits

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Employee retirement benefits

6.  Employee retirement benefits

The components of net benefit cost were as follows:

	Second Quarter						Six Months     to June 30
millions of Canadian dollars	2020			2019			2020			2019
Pension benefits:
Current service cost		77			57			153			114
Interest cost		77			81			154			162
Expected return on plan assets		(98	)		(88	)		(196	)		(175	)
Amortization of prior service cost		3			-			7			-
Amortization of actuarial loss (gain)		39			38			77			75
Net periodic benefit cost		98			88			195			176
Other postretirement benefits:
Current service cost		6			4			12			8
Interest cost		6			6			12			11
Amortization of actuarial loss (gain)		3			(1	)		6			(1	)
Net periodic benefit cost		15			9			30			18