Discounted Guaranteed Residual Value Of Assets Subject To Finance Lease

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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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The amount representing the difference between the future minimum finance lease payments and their present value. Minimum lease payments are payments over the lease term that the lessee is or can be required to make, excluding contingent rent, costs for services and taxes to be paid by, and reimbursed to, the lessor, together with: (a) for a lessee, any amounts guaranteed by the lessee or by a party related to the lessee; or (b) for a lessor, any residual value guaranteed to the lessor by: (i) the lessee; (ii) a party related to the lessee; or (iii) a third party unrelated to the lessor that is financially capable of discharging the obligations under the guarantee.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Note Expiry date 2019-01-01
-Name IAS
-Number 17
-IssueDate 2017-01-01
-Paragraph 31
-Subparagraph b
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-URIDate 2017-03-09

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The amount of payments over the finance lease term that the lessee is or can be required to make, excluding contingent rent, costs for services and taxes to be paid by, and reimbursed to, the lessor, together with any amounts guaranteed by the lessee or by a party related to the lessee.

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The present value of minimum finance lease payments payable. [Refer: Minimum finance lease payments payable]

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DEBT FACILITIES - Future Minimum Lease Payments (Details) $ in Millions, $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 CAD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017 CAD ($)
Disclosure of finance lease and operating lease by lessee [line items]
Minimum finance lease payments payable	$ 119.4	$ 201.8	$ 192.3	$ 240.4
Future finance charge on finance lease		47.2		58.3
Discounted guaranteed residual value of assets subject to finance lease		9.2		8.8
Minimum finance lease payments payable, at present value		145.4		173.3
No later than 1 year
Disclosure of finance lease and operating lease by lessee [line items]
Minimum finance lease payments payable		25.8		30.1
Minimum finance lease payments payable, at present value		17.0		20.7
Later than 1 year and no later than 5 years
Disclosure of finance lease and operating lease by lessee [line items]
Minimum finance lease payments payable		105.8		123.3
Minimum finance lease payments payable, at present value		81.0		92.0
Later than 5 years
Disclosure of finance lease and operating lease by lessee [line items]
Minimum finance lease payments payable		70.2		87.0
Minimum finance lease payments payable, at present value		$ 47.4		$ 60.6