INFORMATION INCLUDED IN CONSOLIDATED EARNINGS

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Analysis of income and expense [abstract]

INFORMATION INCLUDED IN CONSOLIDATED EARNINGS

INFORMATION INCLUDED IN CONSOLIDATED EARNINGS

The following table describes the charges incurred by the Company which are included in the Company’s consolidated earnings for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2019:

	2019		2018		2017
	$		$		$
Employee benefit expense
Wages, salaries and other short-term benefits	227,043		197,155		170,657
Termination benefits (Note 16)	2,274		1,861		204
Share-based compensation expense (Note 18)	501		1,914		3,291
Pension, post-retirement and other long-term employee benefit plans (Note 20):
Defined benefit plans	2,139		2,768		2,811
Defined contributions plans	7,142		3,471		4,699
	239,099		207,169		181,662
Finance costs - Interest
Interest on borrowings and lease liabilities	32,472		17,443		7,973
Amortization and write-off of debt issue costs on borrowings	1,194		1,906		651
Interest capitalized to property, plant and equipment	(1,976	)	(2,277	)	(1,378	)
	31,690		17,072		7,246
Finance costs - other expense (income), net
Foreign exchange (gain) loss	(790	)	1,945		(2,663	)
Put option valuation loss (gain) (Note 24)	3,339		—		(1,833	)
Other costs, net	765		1,865		1,098
	3,314		3,810		(3,398	)
Additional information
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment (Note 9)	51,030		38,548		32,409
Amortization of intangible assets (Note 12)	10,385		6,281		3,729
Impairment of assets, net (Note 13)	4,549		6,936		1,433