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CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Accounting Policies, Changes In Accounting Estimates And Errors [Abstract] |
Disclosure of expected impact of initial application of new standards | The following table presents the impact of IFRS 15 on the Company’s consolidated statement of financial position as at April 1, 2017 and March 31, 2018:
As previously reported |  |  | IFRS 15 |  | As restated |  | As currently reported |  |  | IFRS 15 |  | As restated |
(amounts in millions) | April 1, 2017 |  | Adjustments |  | April 1, 2017 |  | March 31, 2018 |  | Adjustments |  | March 31, 2018 |
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total current assets |  | $ | 1,919.7 |  |  | $ | 45.4 |  |  | $ | 1,965.1 |  |  | $ | 2,060.8 |  |  | $ | 62.5 |  |  | $ | 2,123.3 |
Total long-term assets |  | 3,435.1 |  |  | (2.5 | ) |  | 3,432.6 |  |  | 3,658.4 |  |  | (1.5 | ) |  | 3,656.9 |
|  | $ | 5,354.8 |  |  | $ | 42.9 |  |  | $ | 5,397.7 |  |  | $ | 5,719.2 |  |  | $ | 61.0 |  |  | $ | 5,780.2 |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total current liabilities |  | $ | 1,273.9 |  |  | $ | 137.2 |  |  | $ | 1,411.1 |  |  | $ | 1,320.6 |  |  | $ | 153.5 |  |  | $ | 1,474.1 |
Total long-term liabilities |  | 1,999.9 |  |  | (25.6 | ) |  | 1,974.3 |  |  | 2,032.0 |  |  | (23.4 | ) |  | 2,008.6 |
|  | $ | 3,273.8 |  |  | $ | 111.6 |  |  | $ | 3,385.4 |  |  | $ | 3,352.6 |  |  | $ | 130.1 |  |  | $ | 3,482.7 |
Shareholders' Equity |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity attributable to equity holders of the Company | $ | 2,020.8 |  |  | $ | (68.7 | ) |  | $ | 1,952.1 |  |  | $ | 2,298.2 |  |  | $ | (69.1 | ) |  | $ | 2,229.1 |
Non-controlling interests |  | 60.2 |  |  | — |  |  | 60.2 |  |  | 68.4 |  |  | — |  |  | 68.4 |
|  | $ | 2,081.0 |  |  | $ | (68.7 | ) |  | $ | 2,012.3 |  |  | $ | 2,366.6 |  |  | $ | (69.1 | ) |  | $ | 2,297.5 |

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