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Net gain or (loss) on financial instruments at FVTPL (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure of financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss [Abstract] |
Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss [Text Block] |
|  | December 31, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015 |
Net (loss) gain on financial instruments at FVTPL |  |  | (732) |  |  | 1,481 |  |  | 645 |
Net (loss) gain on investment funds |  |  | - |  |  | (4,364) |  |  | 5,086 |
|  |  | (732) |  |  | (2,883) |  |  | 5,731 |

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