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Share Capital, Option Plans And Share-Based Payments (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended				3 Months Ended				0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended					12 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 27, 2012	Jun. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012 Stock Options [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Stock Options [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Deferred Stock Units [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Deferred Stock Units [Member]	Jul. 21, 2009 Restricted Stock Awards [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Employee Share Purchase Plan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Employee Share Purchase Plan [Member]	Sep. 30, 2007 LTIP [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Fiscal 2010, 2011 and 2012 LTIP [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Fiscal 2010, 2011 and 2012 LTIP [Member]	Jun. 30, 2010 Fiscal 2010 LTIP [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Fiscal 2011 LTIP [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Maximum [Member] Fiscal 2011 LTIP [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Maximum [Member] Fiscal 2012 LTIP [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Minimum [Member] Fiscal 2011 LTIP [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Minimum [Member] Fiscal 2012 LTIP [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement By Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common shares reissued (in shares)	0			0
Number of additional shares autorized for issuance (in shares)			2,500,000
Number of options outstanding (in shares)	2,011,176			2,147,151	2,011,176
Common shares available for issuance (in shares)					2,971,170
Vesting period					4 years	4 years
Expire period of options, minimum term					7 years	7 years
Expire period of options, maximum term					10 years	10 years
Unrecognized compensation cost relating to unvested stock awards	$ 16.3
Unvested stock awards compensation cost, weighted average recognition period (in years)	3 years
Cash proceeds from exercise of options granted	3.4	7.2
Tax benefit realized from exercise of options	0.8	0.4
Plan term (in years)												3 years
Average stock price of common stock, average period												30 days
LTIP equity plans, actual award grant percentage															150.00%
LTIP equity plans, estimated award grant percentage against target																100.00%	150.00%	150.00%	50.00%	0.00%
Compensation cost expensed during the period-LTIP equity plans													1.4	4.0
Amount granted (in shares)							299	263	574,767
Restricted stock awards granted, value (in dollars per share)									$ 13.33
Cash received from employee stock purchase plan										$ 0.6	$ 0.6

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