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INCOME TAX EXPENSE INCOME TAX EXPENSE (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2020
Income Tax [Abstract] |
Schedule of components of income tax expense (recovery) |
| For the three months ended June 30 |  | For the six months ended June 30 |
| 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019
Current | $222 |  | $103 |  | $474 |  | $233 |
Deferred | 36 |  | (62) |  | 170 |  | (25) |
| $258 |  | $41 |  | $644 |  | $208 |

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