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GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Government Grants [Abstract] |
Disclosure of detailed Information about government participation | The following table provides aggregate information regarding net contributions recognized and amounts not yet received for the projects New Core Markets, Innovate and SimÉco 4.0:
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Net outstanding contribution receivable, beginning of year |  | $ | 6.3 |  |  | $ | 7.7 |
Contributions |  | 29.0 |  |  | 33.3 |
Payments received |  | (29.1 | ) |  | (34.7 | )
Net outstanding contribution receivable, end of year |  | $ | 6.2 |  |  | $ | 6.3 |
The aggregate contributions recognized for all programs are as follows:
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Contributions credited to capitalized expenditures: |  |  |  |  |  |
Project New Core Markets |  | $ | 1.9 |  |  | $ | 2.3 |
Project Innovate |  | 2.8 |  |  | 4.1 |
Project SimÉco 4.0 |  | 1.8 |  |  | 1.1 |
Contributions credited to income: |  |  |  |  |  |
Project New Core Markets |  | 2.2 |  |  | 2.4 |
Project Innovate |  | 16.8 |  |  | 23.2 |
Project SimÉco 4.0 |  | 3.5 |  |  | 0.2 |
Total contributions: |  |  |  |  |  |
Project New Core Markets |  | $ | 4.1 |  |  | $ | 4.7 |
Project Innovate |  | 19.6 |  |  | 27.3 |
Project SimÉco 4.0 |  | 5.3 |  |  | 1.3 |

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