Maple Leaf Foods Inc.'s financial statements contain the following selected data (in thousands):

Instructions
(a) Calculate the debt to total assets and times interest earned ratios for 2010 and 2009. Did MapleLeaf's solvency improve or deteriorate in 2010?
(b) The notes to Maple Leaf Foods' financial statements show that the company has future operating lease commitments totalling $344,144 thousand in 2010 and $344,963 thousand in 2009. Discuss how these unrecorded obligations affect the analysis of Maple Leaf Foods' solvency.

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2010 2009 Total assets Total liabilities Profit Income tax expense Interest expense $2,996,795 $3,057,464 1,868,414 52,147 27,296 81,234 1,779,418 25,822 17,766 66,386