Investor is reviewing its investment in Air Canada, to decide whether or not to sell his shares in the company. The recent weakness in the industry airline and the three-day strike by service personnel has caused investors to review Air Canada's long-term prospects. In particular, the investor is willing to consider the pension plans of the company in his analysis. Proposal to move to the new buy Hires, to determine the contribution of the defined benefit plan pension was a key point of contention between the company and the workers on strike. Investors know, the pension plans of the Company have been underfunded and he wanted to assess what the impact of underfunding will have on the future of the company. Finally, the investor wanted to understand the impact that the change to International Financial Reporting Standards will have on pension accounting Air Canada's website. "Hide
by Christine I. Wiedman, Darren Henderson, Pricilla Cheung Source: Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation 15 pages. Date of publication on the site: 23 Sep, 2011. Prod. #: W11204-PDF-ENG
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