2017 | 2016 | 2015 | ||||||
$ | $ | $ | ||||||
Employee benefit expense | ||||||||
Wages, salaries and other short-term benefits | 170,657 | 161,661 | 149,472 | |||||
Termination benefits (Note 14) | 204 | 1,733 | 987 | |||||
Share-based-based compensation expense (Note 15) | 3,291 | 8,201 | 3,249 | |||||
Pension, post-retirement and other long-term employee benefit plans (Note 17): | ||||||||
Defined benefit plans | 2,811 | 3,002 | 2,750 | |||||
Defined contributions plans | 4,699 | 4,631 | 4,016 | |||||
181,662 | 179,228 | 160,474 | ||||||
Finance costs - Interest | ||||||||
Interest on borrowings | 7,973 | 4,770 | 3,737 | |||||
Amortization of debt issue costs on borrowings | 651 | 445 | 473 | |||||
Interest capitalized to property, plant and equipment | (1,378 | ) | (817 | ) | (657 | ) | ||
7,246 | 4,398 | 3,553 | ||||||
Finance costs - Other expense (income), net | ||||||||
Foreign exchange gain | (2,663 | ) | (518 | ) | (1,287 | ) | ||
Other costs, net | (735 | ) | 1,123 | 894 | ||||
(3,398 | ) | 605 | (393 | ) | ||||
Additional information | ||||||||
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment (Note 9) | 32,409 | 29,402 | 29,857 | |||||
Amortization of intangible assets (Note 11) | 3,729 | 1,890 | 1,023 | |||||
Impairment (reversal of impairment) of assets (Note 12) | 1,433 | 7,062 | (380 | ) | ||||