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Leases
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Leases [Abstract]  
Leases Leases

The Company has leases for rolling stock, buildings, vehicles, railway equipment, and roadway machines. CP has entered into rolling stock leases that are fully variable or contain both fixed and variable components. Variable components are dependent on the hours and miles that the underlying equipment has been used. Fixed term, short-term, and variable operating lease costs are recorded in Equipment rents and Purchased services and other on the Company's Interim Consolidated Income Statements. Components of finance lease costs are recorded in Depreciation and amortization and Net interest expense on the Company's Interim Consolidated Income Statements.

The Company determines lease existence and classification at the lease inception date. Leases are identified when an agreement conveys the right to control identified property for a period of time in exchange for consideration. ROU assets represent our right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent our obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating and finance lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. Lease payments include fixed and variable payments that are based on an index or a rate. If the Company's leases do not provide a readily determinable implicit interest rate, the Company uses internal incremental secured borrowing rates for comparable tenor in the same currency at the commencement date in determining the present value
of lease payments. Operating and finance lease ROU assets also include lease prepayments and initial direct costs, but are reduced by lease incentives. The lease term may include periods associated with options to extend or exclude periods associated with options to terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise these options. The Company’s leases have remaining terms from one to 12 years, some of which include options to extend for up to an additional 10 years and some of which include options to terminate within one year.

The Company has short-term operating leases with terms of 12 months or less, some of which include options to purchase that the Company is not reasonably certain to exercise. The Company has elected to apply the recognition exemption and, as such, accounts for leases with a term of 12 months or less off-balance sheet. Therefore, lease payments on these short-term operating leases are not included in operating lease ROU assets and liabilities, but are recognized as an expense in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Income on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. Further, the Company has elected to combine lease and non-lease components for all leases, except for leases of roadway machines.

Residual value guarantees are provided on certain rolling stock and vehicle operating leases. Cumulatively, these guarantees are limited to $2 million and are not included in lease liabilities as it is not currently probable that any amounts will be owed under these residual value guarantees.

The components of lease expense are as follows:
 
For the three months ended September 30
For the nine months ended September 30
(in millions of Canadian dollars)
2019
2019
Operating lease cost
$
22

$
67

Short-term lease cost
1

3

Variable lease cost
3

9

Sublease income
(1
)
(2
)
 
 
 
Finance Lease Cost
 
 
Amortization of right-of use-assets
2

7

Interest on lease liabilities
3

8

Total lease costs
$
30

$
92



Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases is as follows:
 
 
As at September 30
(in millions of Canadian dollars)
Classification
2019
Assets
 
 
Operating
Other assets
$
376

Finance
Properties, net book value
179

 
 
 
Liabilities
 
 
Current
 
 
Operating
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
73

Finance
Long-term debt maturing within one year
7

Long-term
 
 
Operating
Other long-term liabilities
297

Finance
Long-term debt
148



The following table provides the Company's weighted average remaining lease terms and discount rates:
 
As at September 30
(in millions of Canadian dollars)
2019
Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term
 
Operating leases
7 years

Finance leases
4 years

 
 
Weighted Average Discount Rate
 
Operating leases
3.46
%
Finance leases
7.05
%


Supplemental information related to leases is as follows:
 
For the three months ended September 30
For the nine months ended September 30
(in millions of Canadian dollars)
2019
2019
Cash paid for amounts included in measurement of lease liabilities
 
 
Operating cash outflows from operating leases
$
20

$
66

Operating cash outflows from finance leases
5

10

Financing cash outflows from finance leases
2

4

 
 
 
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities
 
 
Operating leases
$
8

$
31

Finance leases

4



Maturities of lease liabilities are as follows:
 
As at September 30, 2019
(in millions of Canadian dollars)
Finance Leases
Operating Leases
2019
$
3

$
28

2020
11

69

2021
10

54

2022
110

52

2023
9

40

Thereafter
29

178

Total lease payments
$
172

$
421

Less: Imputed interest
17

51

Present value of lease payments
$
155

$
370