PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2025

Property, plant and equipment [abstract]

Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment

Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:


Buildings			25 to 40 years
Production equipment			3 to 10 years
Other equipment			3 to 10 years


	Note	Land		Buildings and leaseholds		Production equipment		Other equipment		Total
Cost:
Balance, at March 31, 2023		$	36,601	$	199,647	$	42,838	$	93,638	$	372,724
Additions		4,400		30,559		7,248		16,623		58,830
Acquisition of subsidiaries	5	843		10,404		4,039		2,305		17,591
Disposals		(2,083)		(14,630)		(526)		(6,227)		(23,466)
Exchange and other adjustments (i)		(34)		245		865		(3,916)		(2,840)
Balance, at March 31, 2024		$	39,727	$	226,225	$	54,464	$	102,423	$	422,839
Additions		1,498		9,139		7,445		15,870		33,952
Acquisition of subsidiaries	5	4,359		11,212		2,060		1,971		19,602
Disposals		—		(2,178)		(1,832)		(6,354)		(10,364)
Exchange and other adjustments (i)		3,482		9,080		5,168		(490)		17,240
Balance, at March 31, 2025		$	49,066	$	253,478	$	67,305	$	113,420	$	483,269

		Land		Buildings and leaseholds		Production equipment		Other equipment		Total
Depreciation:
Balance, at March 31, 2023		$	—	$	(44,290)	$	(15,522)	$	(49,793)	$	(109,605)
Depreciation expense		—		(9,344)		(7,070)		(12,041)		(28,455)
Disposals		—		7,114		111		5,979		13,204
Exchange and other adjustments (i)		—		(260)		(272)		(474)		(1,006)
Balance, at March 31, 2024		$	—	$	(46,780)	$	(22,753)	$	(56,329)	$	(125,862)
Depreciation expense		—		(12,627)		(8,293)		(12,754)		(33,674)
Disposals		—		579		1,301		5,813		7,693
Exchange and other adjustments (i)		—		(2,249)		(1,498)		(2,631)		(6,378)
Balance, at March 31, 2025		$	—	$	(61,077)	$	(31,243)	$	(65,901)	$	(158,221)
Net book value:
At March 31, 2025		$	49,066	$	192,401	$	36,062	$	47,519	$	325,048
At March 31, 2024		$	39,727	$	179,445	$	31,711	$	46,094	$	296,977

(i) Represents translation from the functional currency of the related foreign operations into Canadian dollars at the period-end exchange rate. The resulting exchange differences are recognized in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income.