Pension and Post-retirement Benefits (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2016

Postemployment Benefits [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Periodic Benefit Cost

The components of net periodic benefit cost from continuing operations for the defined benefit plans and other benefit plans for the three and nine months ended July 31, 2016 and 2015 were as follows:

	Three months ended July 31,
	2016			2015
	Defined benefit pension plans		Other benefit plans	Defined benefit pension plans		Other benefit plans
	$		$	$		$
Service cost	0.5		—	0.5		0.1
Interest cost	1.3		—	1.4		—
Expected return on plan assets	(1.1	)	—	(1.4	)	—
Amortization of actuarial loss	0.3		—	0.4		—
Net periodic benefit costs	1.0		—	0.9		0.1

	Nine months ended July 31,
	2016			2015
	Defined benefit pension plans		Other benefit plans	Defined benefit pension plans		Other benefit plans
	$		$	$		$
Service cost	1.4		—	1.6		0.1
Interest cost	3.9		0.1	4.2		0.2
Expected return on plan assets	(3.6	)	—	(4.2	)	—
Amortization of actuarial loss	1.1		—	1.2		—
Net periodic benefit costs	2.8		0.1	2.8		0.3