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BALANCE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS - Net Contract Assets (Liabilities) (Details) - CAD ($) $ in Millions	Mar. 31, 2020		Mar. 31, 2019
Revenue From Contracts With Customers1 [Abstract]
Contract assets	$ 569.3		$ 523.5
Contract liabilities - current	(746.2)	[1]	(670.2)
Contract liabilities - non-current	(83.3)		(102.5)
Net contract liabilities	$ (260.2)		$ (249.2)
[1] Refer to Note 2 - Changes in accounting policies for the impact of adopting IFRS16.

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Revenue From Contracts With Customers1 [Abstract]

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The amount of an entity’s right to consideration in exchange for goods or services that the entity has transferred to a customer, when that right is conditioned on something other than the passage of time (for example, the entity’s future performance).

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