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The amount of assistance by government in the form of transfers of resources to an entity in return for past or future compliance with certain conditions relating to the operating activities of the entity, recognised as deferred income. They exclude those forms of government assistance that cannot reasonably have a value placed upon them and transactions with government that cannot be distinguished from the normal trading transactions of the entity. [Refer: Government [member]]

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GOVERNMENT PARTICIPATION - Narrative (Details) - CAD ($)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2018
Disclosure of Government Grants [Line Items]
Borrowings		$ 1,255,400,000		$ 1,260,900,000
Project Innovate
Disclosure of Government Grants [Line Items]
Borrowings	$ 250,000,000
Term of program	5 years 6 months
Project New Core Markets
Disclosure of Government Grants [Line Items]
Term of program			4 years
Government participation			$ 70,000,000
Project SimÉco 4.0
Disclosure of Government Grants [Line Items]
Government participation, percent of eligible costs, committed contributions		50.00%