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SUPPLEMENTARY CASH FLOWS INFORMATION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2023
Cash Flow Statement [Abstract] |
Analysis of Non-Cash Working Capital | Changes in non-cash working capital are as follows:
|  | 2023 |  | 2022
Cash provided by (used in) non-cash working capital: |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable | $ | 4.1 |  | $ | 34.2 |
Contract assets |  | (66.6) |  |  | (49.3) |
Inventories |  | (65.6) |  |  | 107.3 |
Prepayments |  | (9.7) |  |  | (5.6) |
Income taxes |  | (13.2) |  |  | (11.5) |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  | 21.8 |  |  | (24.6) |
Provisions |  | (15.3) |  |  | (25.8) |
Contract liabilities |  | 30.0 |  |  | (2.2) |
| $ | (114.5) |  | $ | 22.5 |
Supplemental Cash Flow Information | Supplemental information:
|  |  |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Interest paid |  |  | $ | 174.7 |  | $ | 93.8
Interest received |  |  |  | 13.3 |  |  | 13.1 |
Income taxes paid |  |  |  | 34.7 |  |  | 44.5 |

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