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SHARE CAPITAL, EARNINGS PER SHARE AND DIVIDENDS - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions |  |  | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |  |
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Mar. 12, 2021 CAD ($) $ / shares shares | Nov. 30, 2020 CAD ($) $ / shares shares | Mar. 12, 2021 CAD ($) $ / shares | Mar. 31, 2021 CAD ($) shares | Mar. 31, 2020 CAD ($) $ / shares shares | Mar. 12, 2021 $ / shares | Feb. 07, 2020 shares
Share Capital, Reserves And Other Equity Interest [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of shares issued and fully paid, shares | shares |  |  |  | 293,355,463 | 265,619,627 |  |
Issue of equity, number of shares issued | shares | 10,454,545 | 16,594,126 |  |  |  |  |
Equity Issued, Price Per Share | (per share) | $ 34.29 | $ 29.85 | $ 34.29 |  |  | $ 27.50 |
Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares | $ | $ 358.5 | $ 495.3 |  |  |  |  |
Share issue related cost | $ |  |  | $ 42.3 |  |  |  |
Share issue related cost, income tax recovery | $ |  |  | $ 11.2 |  |  |  |
Number of shares authorized to be repurchased renewal, shares | shares |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5,321,474
Stock repurchased and retired during period, shares | shares |  |  |  | 0 | 1,493,331 |  |
Stock repurchased and retired during period, per shares | $ / shares |  |  |  |  | $ 33.22 |  |
Repurchase of common shares | $ |  |  |  |  | $ 49.6 |  |
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share, shares | shares |  |  |  | 7,476,902 | 1,293,200 |  |
Dividends | $ |  |  |  | $ 0.0 | $ 114.3 |  |
Dividends (in CAD per share) | $ / shares |  |  |  |  | $ 0.43 |  |

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