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INCOME TAX EXPENSE (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2021
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
| 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020
Current | $237 |  | $222 |  | $502 |  | $474 |
Deferred | 106 |  | 36 |  | 215 |  | 170 |
| $343 |  | $258 |  | $717 |  | $644 |

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