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Other long term obligations | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2012
Other long term obligations [Abstract] |
Other long term obligations | 16. Other long term obligations a) Other long term obligations are as follows:
|  | March 31, 2012 |  |  |  |  | March 31, 2011 |
Long term portion of liabilities related to equipment leases |  |  | $3,169 |  |  |  |  |  | $12,747 |
Deferred lease inducements (note 16(b)) |  |  | 547 |  |  |  |  |  | 654 |
Asset retirement obligation (note 16(c)) |  |  | 434 |  |  |  |  |  | 395 |
Senior executive stock option plan (note 27(c)) |  |  | 1,322 |  |  |  |  |  | 5,115 |
Restricted share unit plan (note 27(e)) |  |  | 3,170 |  |  |  |  |  | 2,633 |
Director’s deferred stock unit plan (note 27(f)) |  |  | 2,284 |  |  |  |  |  | 4,032 |
|  |  | $10,926 |  |  |  |  |  | $25,576 |
Less: current portion of restricted share unit plan (note 27(e)) |  |  | (2,066 | ) |  |  |  |  | – |
|  |  | $8,860 |  |  |  |  |  | $25,576 |
b) Deferred lease inducements Lease inducements applicable to lease contracts are deferred and amortized as a reduction of general and administrative expenses on a straight-line basis over the lease term, which includes the initial lease term and renewal periods only where renewal is determined to be reasonably assured.
|  | March 31, 2012 |  |  |  |  | March 31, 2011 |
Balance, beginning of year |  |  | $654 |  |  |  |  |  | $761 |
Amortization of deferred lease inducements |  |  | (107 | ) |  |  |  |  | (107 | )
Balance, end of year |  |  | $547 |  |  |  |  |  | $654 |
c) Asset retirement obligation The Company recorded an asset retirement obligation related to the future retirement of a facility on leased land. Accretion expense associated with this obligation is included in equipment costs in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The following table presents a continuity of the liability for the asset retirement obligation:
|  | March 31, 2012 |  |  |  |  | March 31, 2011 |
Balance, beginning of year |  |  | $395 |  |  |  |  |  | $360 |
Accretion expense |  |  | 39 |  |  |  |  |  | 35 |
Balance, end of year |  |  | $434 |  |  |  |  |  | $395 |
At March 31, 2012, estimated undiscounted cash flows required to settle the obligation were $1,084 (March 31, 2011 – $1,084). The credit adjusted risk-free rate assumed in measuring the asset retirement obligation was 9.42%. The Company expects to settle this obligation in 2021.

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