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Note 21 - Related Party Transactions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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21. | Related party transactions
The Company has entered into office space rental arrangements and property management contracts with minority shareholders of certain subsidiaries and other related parties. The business purpose of the transactions is to rent office space for the Company and to generate property management revenues and rental income for the Company. The recorded amount of the rent expense for the year ended December 31, 2017 was $356 ( 2016 - $643 ). The recorded amount of the property management revenues and rental income for year ended December 31, 2017 was $635 ( 2016 - $1,059 ). These amounts are settled monthly in cash, and are priced at market rates. The rental arrangements have fixed terms of up to 10 years. The property management contracts have terms of one to three years. As at December 31, 2017, the Company had $8,093 of loans receivable from non-controlling shareholders ( 2016 - $4,897 ). The majority of the loans receivable represent amounts assumed in connection with acquisitions and amounts issued to non-controlling interests to finance the sale of non-controlling interests in subsidiaries to senior managers. The loans are of varying principal amounts and interest rates which range from nil to 2.45%. These loans are due on demand or mature on various dates up to 2026, but are open for repayment without penalty at any time.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122745 + Details
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