Annual commitment fee on the unused portion of the credit facilities

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

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Debt Instrument Early Call Date Percentage Of Notes Availabe For Redemption

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Debt Instrument Early Call Date Premium Price Percentage

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Debt Instrument Interest Rate Libor Floor

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Debt Instrument Interest Rate Margin Over Libor At Period End

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Debt Instrument, Number of Financial Covenants

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Debt Instrument Redemption Percentage Of Original Face Amount

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Debt Instrument Restricted Payment

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Debt Instrument Revised Consolidated Leverage Ratio Requirement

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Debt Instrument, Revised Consolidated Leverage Ratio Requirement, Decrease Every Year

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- Definition

Line Of Credit Facility Interest Rate Margin Over Libor At Period End

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Pro Forma Consolidated Leverage Ratio For Additional Restricted Payments

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- Definition

Total Indebtedness To Consolidated Cash Flow Ratio Requirement

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- Definition

Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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- Definition

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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Amount of the required periodic payments including both interest and principal payments.

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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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The amount of debt discount that was originally recognized at the issuance of the instrument that has yet to be amortized.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Long-Term Debt (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Long-Term Debt (Details) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2013 USD ($) covenant	Mar. 27, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015	Jun. 03, 2014 USD ($)	Jul. 30, 2010 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Commitment fee on unused portion of credit facilities		0.38%
Notes Payable Due 2024 [Domain] \| Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount				$ 450.0
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage				5.375%
Redemption percentage of original face amount		100.00%
Early call date, percentage of notes availabe for redemption		35.00%
Early call date, premium price, percentage		105.375%
Notes Payable, Due 2018 [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Restricted payment		$ 60.0
Notes Payable, Due 2018 [Member] \| Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount					$ 405.0
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage					9.125%
Notes Payable Due 2021 [Member] [Domain] \| Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 500.0
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	5.25%
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage	0.00%
Credit Agreement 2013 [Member] [Domain]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 885.0
Debt Instrument, Number of Financial Covenants \| covenant	2
Pro-forma consolidated leverage ratio		5.00
Total-Indebtedness-to-Consolidated-Cash-Flow Ratio requirement		5.00
Credit Agreement 2013 [Member] [Domain] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Restricted payment		$ 60.0
Credit Agreement 2013 [Member] [Domain] \| Canadian Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity		$ 15.0
Credit Agreement 2013 [Member] [Domain] \| Canadian Revolving Credit Facility Cad and USD [Domain]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest rate margin over LIBOR		2.25%
Credit Agreement 2013 [Member] [Domain] \| Senior Secured Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 630.0
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment		$ 6.3
Interest rate margin over LIBOR		2.50%
Interest rate LIBOR floor		0.75%
Credit Agreement 2013 [Member] [Domain] \| Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 255.0
March 2013 Credit Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Revised Consolidated Leverage Ratio Requirement, Decrease Every Year			0.25
March 2013 Credit Agreement [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument Revised Consolidated Leverage Ratio Requirement		5.75
March 2013 Credit Agreement [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Covenant, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio		1.1
Debt Instrument Revised Consolidated Leverage Ratio Requirement			5.25
Original Issue Discount [Member] \| Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unamortized discount					$ 5.6
Effective interest rate percentage					9.375%