RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS - Transactions (Details) - Joint ventures - CAD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [line items]
Revenue	$ 65.2	$ 71.5
Purchases	2.6	4.0
Other income	$ 1.5	$ 1.8

Other income, related party transactions

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- Definition

Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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- Definition

The amount of goods purchased by the entity in related party transactions. [Refer: Related parties [member]]

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef
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- Definition

The amount of revenue arising from the sale of goods in related party transactions. [Refer: Revenue; Related parties [member]]

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