MEDICURE INC (SEC Filing Page | XBRL Cloud Viewer | XBRL Instance)

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1 001 - Document - Document and Entity Information Network

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6 Trading Symbol Concept (Text/String) For Period dei:TradingSymbol
7 Entity Current Reporting Status Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntityCurrentReportingStatus
8 Entity Filer Category Concept (Filer Category) For Period dei:EntityFilerCategory
9 Current Fiscal Year End Date Concept (Month/Day) For Period dei:CurrentFiscalYearEndDate
10 Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntityWellKnownSeasonedIssuer
11 Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding Concept (Shares) As Of dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding
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17 Entity Emerging Growth Company Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntityEmergingGrowthCompany
18 Entity Shell Company Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntityShellCompany
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24 Cash and cash equivalents Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
25 Short-term investments Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:ShorttermInvestmentsClassifiedAsCashEquivalents
26 Accounts receivable (Note 6) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentReceivables
27 Consideration receivable (Note 5) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:OtherCurrentFinancialAssets
28 Inventories (Note 7) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:InventoriesTotal
29 Prepaid expenses Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentPrepaidExpenses
30 Assets held for sale (Note 5) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit mph:CurrentAssetsHeldForSale
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33 Property, plant and equipment (Note 8) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipment
34 Intangible assets (Note 9) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
35 Holdback receivable (Note 5&10) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:OtherNoncurrentFinancialAssets
36 Other assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:OtherNoncurrentAssets
37 Deferred tax assets (Note 13) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxAssets
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40 Liabilities and Equity Abstract ifrs-full:EquityAndLiabilitiesAbstract
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42 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (Note 9, 15(a), 16(a) & 16(b)) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentPayables
43 Accrued transaction costs (Note 5) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit mph:CurrentAccruedTransactionCosts
44 Current income taxes payable (Note 13) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentTaxLiabilitiesCurrent
45 Current portion of royalty obligation (Note 11) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentContractLiabilities
46 Liabilities held for sale (Note 5) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LiabilitiesIncludedInDisposalGroupsClassifiedAsHeldForSale
47 Total current liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentLiabilities
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49 Royalty obligation (Note 11) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentContractLiabilities
50 License fee payable (Note 9) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit mph:LicenceFeeExpenses
51 Other long-term liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:OtherLiabilities
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53 Total liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Liabilities
54 Equity: Abstract ifrs-full:EquityAbstract
55 Share capital (Note 12 (b)) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:IssuedCapital
56 Warrants (Note 12(d)) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit mph:WarrantsCapital
57 Contributed surplus Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:SharePremium
58 Accumulated other comprehensive income Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:AccumulatedOtherComprehensiveIncome
59 Deficit Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:RetainedEarnings
60 Total Equity Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
61 Total liabilities and equity Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:EquityAndLiabilities
62 Commitments and contingencies (Note 15(a) & 15(d)) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CapitalCommitments
63 Subsequent events (Note 10, 12(b), 15(a) & 21) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit mph:EventAfterReportingPeriod
64 003 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Net Income and Comprehensive Income Network

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66 Profit or loss [abstract] Abstract ifrs-full:IncomeStatementAbstract
67 Revenue, net Abstract ifrs-full:RevenueAbstract
68 Product sales, net Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:Revenue
69 Cost of goods sold (Note 7 & 9) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CostOfSales
70 Gross profit Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GrossProfit
71 Expenses Abstract mph:ExpenseAbstract
72 Selling, general and administrative Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
73 Research and development Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
74 Other expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:OperatingExpense
75 (Loss) income before the undernoted Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossFromOperatingActivities
76 Other expense (income): Abstract mph:OtherIncomeExpenseAbstract
77 Revaluation of holdback receivable (Note 10) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit mph:RevaluationOfHoldbackReceivable
78 Impairment loss (Note 9) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ReversalOfImpairmentLoss
79 Total Other (income) expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:OtherExpenseByFunction
80 Finance (income) costs: Abstract mph:FinanceCostIncomeAbstract
81 Finance (income) expense, net (Note 14) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:FinanceIncomeCost
82 Foreign exchange (gain) loss, net Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainsLossesOnExchangeDifferencesOnTranslationRecognisedInProfitOrLoss
83 Total Finance costs (income) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit mph:FinanceCostsIncludingForeignExchangeGainLoss
84 Net income before income taxes Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossBeforeTax
85 Income tax (expense) recovery Abstract mph:IncomeTaxExpenseAbstract
86 Current (Note 13) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CurrentTaxExpenseIncome
87 Deferred (Note 13) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxExpenseIncome
88 Income tax expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxExpenseContinuingOperations
89 Net income before discontinued operations Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossFromContinuingOperations
90 Net income from discontinued operations, net of tax (Note 5) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossFromDiscontinuedOperations
91 Net income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
92 Translation adjustment, attributable to: Abstract ifrs-full:ExchangeDifferencesOnTranslationAbstract
93 Continuing operations Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ReclassificationAdjustmentsOnExchangeDifferencesOnTranslationNetOfTax
94 Discontinued operations Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit mph:ReclassificationAdjustmentsOnExchangeDifferencesOnTranslationNetOfTaxDiscontinuedOperations
95 Comprehensive income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncome
96 Earnings per share from continuing operations Abstract mph:EarningsPerShareContinuingOperationsAbstract
97 Basic (Note 12(e)) Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:BasicEarningsLossPerShareFromContinuingOperations
98 Diluted (Note 12(e)) Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:DilutedEarningsLossPerShareFromContinuingOperations
99 Earnings per share from discontinued operations Abstract mph:EarningsPerShareDiscontinuedOperationsAbstract
100 Basic (Note 12(e)) Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:BasicEarningsLossPerShareFromDiscontinuedOperations
101 Diluted (Note 12(e)) Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:DilutedEarningsLossPerShareFromDiscontinuedOperations
102 Earnings per share Abstract ifrs-full:EarningsPerShareAbstract
103 Basic (Note 12(e)) Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:BasicEarningsLossPerShare
104 Diluted (Note 12(e)) Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:DilutedEarningsLossPerShare
105 004 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity Network

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108 Equity [member] Member ifrs-full:EquityMember
109 Share Capital Member ifrs-full:IssuedCapitalMember
110 Warrants Member mph:WarrantsMember
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114 Total Member ifrs-full:EquityAttributableToOwnersOfParentMember
115 Non-Controlling Interest Member ifrs-full:NoncontrollingInterestsMember
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117 Balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
118 Net income for the year ended Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
119 Other comprehensive (loss) income for the year ended Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncome
120 Disposition of non-controlling interests Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit mph:DispositionOfNon-ControllingInterest
121 Acquisition of non-controlling interests Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughAcquisitionOfSubsidiary
122 Transactions with owners, recorded directly in equity Abstract mph:TransactionsWithOwnersRecordedDirectlyInEquityAbstract
123 Issuance of common shares Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IssueOfEquity
124 Buy-back of common shares 1 Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTreasuryShareTransactions
125 Issuance of warrants (Note 12(d)) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit mph:IncreaseDecreaseThroughIssuanceOfWarrants
126 Stock options exercised (Note 12(c)) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughExerciseOfOptions
127 Warrants exercised (Note 12 (d)) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughExerciseOfWarrantsEquity
128 Share-based compensation (Note 12(c)) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughSharebasedPaymentTransactions
129 Total transactions with owners Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTransactionsWithOwners
130 Balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
131 005 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Network

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133 Statement of cash flows [abstract] Abstract ifrs-full:StatementOfCashFlowsAbstract
134 Cash (used in) provided by: Operating activities: Abstract ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInOperatingActivitiesAbstract
135 Net income from continuing operations for the year Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossFromContinuingOperations
136 Net income from discontinued operations for the year (Note 5) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossFromDiscontinuedOperations
137 Net income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
138 Adjustments for: Abstract ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForReconcileProfitLossAbstract
139 Gain on sale of Apicore (Note 5) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainLossRecognisedOnMeasurementToFairValueLessCostsToSellOrOnDisposalOfAssetsOrDisposalGroupsConstitutingDiscontinuedOperation
140 Current income tax expense (recovery) (Note 13) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit mph:CurrentIncomeTaxRecoveryExpense
141 Deferred income tax expense (recovery) (Note 13) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit mph:DeferredIncomeTaxRecoveryExpense
142 Impairment loss (Note 9) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ReversalOfImpairmentLoss
143 Revaluation of holdback receivable (Note 10) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit mph:RevaluationOfHoldbackReceivable
144 Revaluation of long-term derivative Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit mph:RevaluationOfDerivative
145 Gain on step acquisition Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit mph:GainOnStepOfAcquisition
146 Amortization of property, plant and equipment (Note 8) Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:DepreciationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
147 Amortization of intangible assets (Note 9) Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:AmortisationIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
148 Share-based compensation (Note 12(c)) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForSharebasedPayments
149 Write-down (write-up) of inventories (Note 7) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:WritedownsReversalsOfInventories
150 Finance (income) expense, net Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForFinanceCosts
151 Unrealized foreign exchange (gain) loss Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughForeignExchangeAndOtherMovementsFinancialAssets
152 Change in the following: Abstract mph:ChangeInAccountsToReconcileProfitLossAbstract
153 Accounts receivable Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDecreaseIncreaseInTradeAccountReceivable
154 Inventories Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDecreaseIncreaseInInventories
155 Prepaid expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDecreaseIncreaseInOtherOperatingReceivables
156 Other assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDecreaseIncreaseInOtherAssets
157 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit mph:AdjustmentsForIncreaseDecreaseInTradeAccountPayableAndAccruedLiabilities
158 Deferred revenue Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForIncreaseDecreaseInDeferredIncome
159 Other long-term liabilities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForIncreaseDecreaseInOtherLiabilities
160 Interest received (paid), net (Note 14) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit mph:InterestPaidReceivedClassifiedAsOperatingActivities
161 Income taxes paid Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxesPaidRefundClassifiedAsOperatingActivities
162 Royalties paid (Note 11) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit mph:RoyaltiesPaidClassifiedAsOperatingActivities
163 Cash flows from operating activities Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInOperatingActivities
164 Investing activities: Abstract ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInInvestingActivitiesAbstract
165 Proceeds from Apicore Sale Transaction (Note 5) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromLosingControlOfSubsidiariesOrOtherBusinessesClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
166 Purchase of short-term investments Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:PurchaseOfAvailableforsaleFinancialAssets
167 Acquisition of Class C common shares of Apicore Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit mph:CashPaymentsToAcquireClassCOrdinarySharesOfOtherEntitiesClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
168 Acquisition of Class E common shares of Apicore Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit mph:CashPaymentsToAcquireClassEOrdinarySharesOfOtherEntitiesClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
169 Acquisition of Apicore, net of cash acquired Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:CashFlowsUsedInObtainingControlOfSubsidiariesOrOtherBusinessesClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
170 Acquisition of property, plant and equipment (Note 8) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AcquisitionsThroughBusinessCombinationsPropertyPlantAndEquipment
171 Acquisition of intangible assets (Note 9) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:PurchaseOfIntangibleAssetsClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
172 Cash flows from (used in) investing activities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInInvestingActivities
173 Financing activities: Abstract ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInFinancingActivitiesAbstract
174 Repurchase of common shares under normal course issuer bid Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:PaymentsToAcquireOrRedeemEntitysShares
175 Proceeds from exercise of stock options (Note 12 (c)) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromExerciseOfOptions
176 Proceeds from exercise of Apicore stock options (Note 12 (c)) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit mph:ProceedsFromExerciseOfSubsidiaryOptions
177 Proceeds from exercise of warrants (Note 12 (d)) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit mph:ProceedsFromExerciseOfWarrants
178 Issuance of long-term debt Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit mph:ProceedsFromBorrowings
179 Repayment of long-term debt Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RepaymentsOfNoncurrentBorrowings
180 Repayment of note payable to Apicore (Note 5) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:CashRepaymentsOfAdvancesAndLoansFromRelatedParties
181 Increase in short-term borrowings Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromBorrowingsClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
182 Decrease (increase) in cash held in escrow Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit mph:DecreaseIncreaseInCashInEscrow
183 Finance lease payments Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:PaymentsOfFinanceLeaseLiabilitiesClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
184 Payment of due to vendor (Note 4) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit mph:PaymentOfDueToVendor
185 Cash flows (used in) from financing activities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInFinancingActivities
186 Foreign exchange (loss) gain on cash held in foreign currency Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughForeignExchangeFinancialAssets
187 Increase (decrease) in cash Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseInCashAndCashEquivalents
188 Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
189 Cash and cash equivalents, end of period Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
190 006 - Disclosure - Reporting entity Network

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194 007 - Disclosure - Basis of preparation of financial statements Network

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198 008 - Disclosure - Significant accounting policies Network

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202 009 - Disclosure - New standards and interpretations Network

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206 010 - Disclosure - Discontinued operations Network

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210 011 - Disclosure - Accounts receivable Network

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214 012 - Disclosure - Inventories Network

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218 013 - Disclosure - Property, plant and equipment Network

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222 014 - Disclosure - Intangible assets Network

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226 015 - Disclosure - Holdback receivable Network

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230 016 - Disclosure - Royalty obligation Network

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234 017 - Disclosure - Capital Stock Network

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242 019 - Disclosure - Finance income (expense) Network

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266 025 - Disclosure - Segmented information Network

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274 027 - Disclosure - Significant accounting policies (Policies) Network

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367 042 - Disclosure - Significant accounting policies (Details) Network

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418 046 - Disclosure - Accounts receivable (Details) Network

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448 050 - Disclosure - Property, plant and equipment (Details) Network

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538 055 - Disclosure - Royalty obligation (Detail Textuals) Network

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916 082 - Disclosure - Related party transactions (Detail Textuals 2) Network

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948 Implied Table Table

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965 Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [table] Table

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983 Fair value Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsAtFairValue
984 086 - Disclosure - Financial instruments (Details 1) Network

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985 Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [table] Table

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1006 087 - Disclosure - Financial instruments (Details 2) Network

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1007 Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [table] Table

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1025 Derivative financial assets liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit mph:DerivativeFinancialAssetsLiabilities
1026 088 - Disclosure - Financial instruments (Detail Textuals) Network

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1027 Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [table] Table

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1052 089 - Disclosure - Segmented information (Details) Network

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1053 Disclosure of geographical areas [table] Table

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1062 090 - Disclosure - Segmented information (Detail Textuals) Network

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1063 Disclosure of operating segments [table] Table

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1072 091 - Disclosure - Segmented information (Detail Textuals 1) Network

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1073 Disclosure of operating segments [table] Table

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1085 Disclosure of non-adjusting events after reporting period [table] Table

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