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Retirement Plans and Post Retirement Benefits (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Funded Status and Assumptions Used in Calculating Benefit Obligation [Table Text Block]

The projected benefit obligation is the actuarial present value of benefits attributable to employee service rendered to date, including the effects of estimated salary increases. The following table details information regarding our pension plans at December 31:

			2020						2019
Change in benefit obligation:
Beginning of year balance			$	312					$	297
Service cost			1						3
Interest cost			9						12
Actuarial losses, net			17						24
Foreign exchange rate changes			1						2
Benefits paid			(21)						(26)
End of year balance			$	319					$	312
Change in assets (fair value):
Beginning of year balance			$	294					$	275
Actual return on plan assets			35						39
Employer contribution			—						4
Foreign exchange rate changes			2						3
Benefits paid			(21)						(26)
End of year balance			$	310					$	294
Plan assets less than benefit obligations			$	(10)					$	(18)
Amounts included in the balance sheet:
Non-current pension assets, included in “Other assets”			$	7					$	5
Current pension liabilities, included in “Accounts payable and accrued liabilities”			—						—
Non-current pension liabilities, included in “Other long-term liabilities”			(17)						(23)
Net amount recognized			$	(10)					$	(18)

Schedule of Defined Benefit Plan Amounts Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block]

The pretax amounts recognized in accumulated comprehensive loss were as follows:

			Actuarial losses						Prior service cost						Total
December 31, 2018			$	(116)					$	(7)					$	(123)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications			—						—						—
Amounts reclassified from accumulated comprehensive loss			5						(1)						4
December 31, 2019			(111)						(8)						(119)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications			4						—						4
Amounts reclassified from accumulated comprehensive loss			6						—						6
December 31, 2020			$	(101)					$	(8)					$	(109)

Defined Benefit Plan, Assumptions [Table Text Block]

Weighted average assumptions used to calculate our benefit obligations at December 31:

			2020						2019
Discount rate:
U.S.			2.3		%				3.1		%
Canada			2.3		%				3.0		%
Rate of compensation increase:
U.S.			NA						NA
Canada			NA						3.5		%

Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments [Table Text Block]

The benefits expected to be paid from the benefit plans, which reflect expected future service, are as follows:

Year
2021			$	26
2022			19
2023			20
2024			19
2025			19
2026– 2030			91

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs [Table Text Block]

The following table sets forth the net periodic pension cost for our defined benefit pension plans. The components of our net periodic pension costs consisted of the following: 

			Year ended December 31,
			2020						2019						2018
Service cost			$	1					$	3					$	3
Other components of net periodic pension cost:
Interest cost			9						12						11
Expected return on plan assets			(14)						(14)						(14)
Amortization of prior service cost and net transition asset			1						1						1
Amortization of net actuarial loss			6						5						6
Net periodic pension cost before loss due to settlement			$	2					$	6					$	7
Loss due to settlement			—						—						—
Total net periodic pension cost			$	2					$	6					$	7
Net periodic pension cost included in cost of sales			$	—					$	2					$	2
Net periodic pension cost included in selling, general, and administrative expenses			1						1						1
Net periodic pension cost included in other non-operating items			1						3						4
			$	2					$	6					$	7

Weighted average assumptions used to calculate our net periodic pension costs for the year ended December 31:

			2020						2019						2018
Discount rate:
U.S.			3.1		%				4.2		%				3.5		%
Canada			3.0		%				3.8		%				3.3		%
SERP			NA						NA						4.0		%
Expected return on plan assets:
U.S.			5.8		%				5.8		%				5.8		%
Canada			3.2		%				3.4		%				4.1		%
SERP			NA						NA						NA
Rate of compensation increase:
U.S.			NA						NA						NA
Canada			3.5		%				3.5		%				3.5		%
SERP			NA						NA						N/A

Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets [Table Text Block]

The actual and target allocations at the measurement dates are as follows:  

			Target Allocation 2020						Actual Allocation
									2020						2019
Asset category
U.S. Plans
Equity securities			33		%				41		%				40		%
Debt securities			50		%				38		%				40		%
Multi-Strategy Funds			17		%				20		%				20		%
Cash and cash equivalents			—		%				1		%				—		%
Total Allocation for U.S. Plans			100		%				100		%				100		%
Non-U.S. Plans
Debt securities			40		%				40		%				90		%
Multi-Strategy Funds			60		%				60		%				10		%
Total Allocation for Non-U.S. Plans			100		%				100		%				100		%

The fair value of our pension plan assets and fair value asset categories and the level of inputs as defined in Note 4 at December 31, 2020, and 2019, are as follows: 

			December 31, 2020
Asset Category			Total						Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)						Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)						Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)						Net Asset Value
Equity investment funds:
Domestic stock funds			$	56					$	56					$	—					$	—					$	—
International stock funds			46						46						—						—						—
Fixed-income investment funds:
Domestic bond funds			94						17						—						—						77
International bond funds			64						—						26						—						38
Multi-strategy funds			48						48						—						—						—
Cash and cash equivalents			2						—						2						—						—
Total			$	310					$	167					$	28					$	—					$	115
			December 31, 2019
Asset Category			Total						Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)						Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2)						Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)						Net Asset Value
Equity investment funds:
Domestic stock funds			$	54					$	54					$	—					$	—					$	—
International stock funds			40						40						—						—						—
Fixed-income investment funds
Domestic bond funds			93						15						—						—						78
International bond funds			52						—						20						—						32
Multi-strategy funds			53						47						—						—						6
Cash and cash equivalents			2						—						2						—						—
Total			$	294					$	156					$	22					$	—					$	116

Schedule of benefit obligation by plan category [Table Text Block]

Benefit obligations by plan category are as follows:

			2020
			U.S.						Canada						Total
Fair value of plan assets			$	246					$	64					$	310
Benefit obligation			262						58						319
Funded Status			$	(16)					$	6					$	(10)
			2019
			U.S.						Canada						Total
Fair value of plan assets			$	236					$	58					$	294
Benefit obligation			258						54						312
Funded Status			$	(22)					$	4					$	(18)

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