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Schedule of Supplemental Cash Flow Information
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
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Schedule of Supplemental Cash Flow Information
16. SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION

 

(a) Cash and cash equivalents are comprised of the following:

 

     At December 31
2017		      At December 31
2016		  

Cash

    $ 184      $ 146  

Money market investments

      2        11  
  

 

 

     

 

 

  
   $ 186      $ 157  
  

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

(b)

The following table summarizes the decrease and increase in working capital during the years end December 31:

 

     2017      2016  

Accounts receivable increase

    $ (48 )     $ (28 ) 

Inventories (increase) decrease

      (57 )       18  

Sales and indirect taxes recoverable decrease (increase)

      165        (54 ) 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities increase (decrease)

      39        (128 ) 

Income taxes payable increase, net of income taxes receivable

      3        20  

Other

      43        46  
  

 

 

     

 

 

  

Decrease (increase) in working capital

    $ 145      $ (126 ) 
  

 

 

     

 

 

  
(c) The following table summarizes cash received and paid included in the Company’s operating and investing activities during the years end Dec 31:

 

Years ended December 31

    2017      2016  

Operating activities include the following cash received (paid):

      

Interest received

    $ 77      $ 76  

Interest paid

      (89 )       (98 ) 

Income taxes refunded

      9        17  

Income taxes paid

      (201 )       (134 ) 
  

 

 

     

 

 

  

Investing activities include the following cash received (paid):

      

Net (purchases) proceeds of short-term investments and available-for-sale securities

      

Purchases of short-term investments

    $ (91 )     $ (49 ) 

Proceeds from maturity of short-term investments

      86        63  

Purchases of available-for-sale securities

      (67 )       (31 ) 

Proceeds from sale of available-for-sale securities

      24        54  
  

 

 

     

 

 

  
   $ (48 )     $ 37  
  

 

 

     

 

 

  

 

(d)

The changes in liabilities arising from financing activities, including both changes arising from cash flows and non-cash changes were as follows:

 

     Debt      Finance lease
obligation		  

At January 1, 2016

    $ 2,688      $ 272  

Principal payment

      (172 )       (5 ) 

Accretion

      4        1  

Foreign exchange gain

      (10 )       —    

Revision to future lease payments

      —          (16 ) 
  

 

 

     

 

 

  

At January 1, 2017

      2,510        252  

Principal payment

      (30 )       (6 ) 

Accretion

      3        2  
  

 

 

     

 

 

  

At December 31, 2017

    $ 2,483      $ 248