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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
| 2006 |  | 2005 | | Year ended March 31 | $ |  | $ |  | | [in thousands of Canadian dollars] | |  | |  | | Operating activities | Excess of revenue over expenses for the year | 5,290 |  | 1,424 | | Add (deduct) items not involving cash | Depreciation and amortization | 6,868 |  | 7,724 | Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment | 123 |  | 50 | Gain on sale of investments | (440) |  | (766) | Increase in accrued pension benefit asset | (5,753) |  | (3,707) | Increase in accrued other retirement and post-employment benefit liability | 3,689 |  | 3,604 | Foreign exchange loss | 846 |  | 829 | Net change in non-cash working capital balances [note 8] | 364 |  | (4,949) | |  | | Cash provided by operating activities | 10,987 |  | 4,209 | |  |  | | Investing activities | | Deferred expenses | |  | (715) | | Purchase of property, plant and equipment | (4,096) |  | (5,507) | Proceeds on disposal of property, plant and equipment | 2 |  | 8 | | Purchase of investments | (58,917) |  | (40,537) | | Proceeds on sale of investments | 50,036 |  | 45,264 | | Business acquisition | |  | (4,101) | |  | | Cash used in investing activities | (12,975) |  | (5,588) | |  |  | | Financing activities | | Loan proceeds | 530 |  | | | Lease inducements proceeds | 1,541 |  | | |  | | Cash provided by financing activities | 2,071 |  | | |  |  | | Net increase (decrease) in cash during the year | 83 |  | (1,379) | | Effect of exchange rate changes on cash | (414) |  | (829) | | Cash, beginning of year | 12,388 |  | 14,596 | |  | | Cash, end of year | 12,057 |  | 12,388 | |  |  | | See accompanying notes |

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