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SUPPLEMENTARY CASH FLOWS INFORMATION | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2021
Cash Flow Statement [Abstract] |
SUPPLEMENTARY CASH FLOWS INFORMATION | SUPPLEMENTARY CASH FLOWS INFORMATION Changes in non-cash working capital are as follows:
|  | 2021 |  | 2020
Cash (used in) provided by non cash working capital: |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable | $ | 32.6 |  | $ | (39.9) |
Contract assets |  | 75.5 |  |  | (29.9) |
Inventories |  | 43.4 |  |  | (87.5) |
Prepayments |  | 2.3 |  |  | (0.9) |
Income taxes |  | (12.0) |  |  | 8.2 |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  | (54.0) |  |  | 53.5 |
Provisions |  | 27.7 |  |  | (6.5) |
Contract liabilities |  | (165.0) |  |  | 50.8 |
| $ | (49.5) |  | $ | (52.2) |
Supplemental information:
|  |  |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Interest paid |  |  | $ | 98.0 |  | $ | 108.7 |
Interest received |  |  |  | 13.2 |  |  | 11.4 |
Income taxes paid |  |  |  | 26.4 |  |  | 34.2 |

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