RISK MANAGEMENT AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Liquidity and Credit Risk (Details) - CAD ($)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
LIQUIDITY RISK AND CREDIT RISK
Rolling time period over which the Company forecasts cash requirements	12 months
Period of anticipated requirements for which the Company maintains sufficient liquidity through committed credit facilities	1 year
Period after which receivables are classified as past due	30 days
Derivative instruments
LIQUIDITY RISK AND CREDIT RISK
Maximum credit exposure with respect to derivative instruments	$ 262,000,000	$ 562,000,000
Cash collateral on asset exposure	0	0
Derivative instruments \| Canadian financial institutions
LIQUIDITY RISK AND CREDIT RISK
Maximum credit exposure with respect to derivative instruments	21,000,000	28,000,000
Derivative instruments \| United States financial institutions
LIQUIDITY RISK AND CREDIT RISK
Maximum credit exposure with respect to derivative instruments	51,000,000	107,000,000
Derivative instruments \| European financial institutions
LIQUIDITY RISK AND CREDIT RISK
Maximum credit exposure with respect to derivative instruments	58,000,000	84,000,000
Derivative instruments \| Asian financial institutions
LIQUIDITY RISK AND CREDIT RISK
Maximum credit exposure with respect to derivative instruments	0	6,000,000
Derivative instruments \| Other
LIQUIDITY RISK AND CREDIT RISK
Maximum credit exposure with respect to derivative instruments	$ 132,000,000	$ 337,000,000

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Maximum amount of loss due to credit risk that, based on the gross fair value of the financial instrument, the entity would incur if parties to the financial instruments that make up the concentration failed completely to perform according to the terms of the contracts and the collateral or other security, if any, for the amount due proved to be of no value to the entity.

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