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SUPPLEMENTARY CASH FLOWS INFORMATION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Cash Flow Statement [Abstract] |
Analysis of Non-Cash Working Capital | Changes in non-cash working capital are as follows:
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
|  |  |  | Restated |
Cash provided by (used in) non-cash working capital: |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable | $ | (1.3 | ) | $ | 18.1 |
Contract assets |  | (72.1 | ) |  | (84.6 | )
Inventories |  | (22.2 | ) |  | (6.3 | )
Prepayments |  | (5.7 | ) |  | 19.7 |
Income taxes recoverable |  | (4.9 | ) |  | (6.5 | )
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  | 157.0 |  |  | (44.2 | )
Provisions |  | (8.7 | ) |  | (21.0 | )
Income taxes payable |  | 11.4 |  |  | 11.1 |
Deferred revenue |  | (2.5 | ) |  | (1.7 | )
Contract liabilities |  | (15.8 | ) |  | 71.8 |
Changes in non-cash working capital | $ | 35.2 |  | $ | (43.6 | )

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