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Operating leases (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Leases1 [Abstract] |
Disclosure of operating leases | Finance lease liabilities are payable as follows:
| December 31, |  | December 31, |
| 2018 |  | 2017 |
Building lease | $ | 631 |  | $ | 638 |
Machinery lease | — |  | 14 |
Finance lease liability, current | $ | 631 |  | $ | 652 |
Building lease | $ | 5,064 |  | $ | 6,191 |
Machinery lease | — |  | 38 |
Finance lease liability, non-current | $ | 5,064 |  | $ | 6,229 |
| Future minimum |  |  |  |  | Present value of minimum lease |
At December 31, 2018 | lease payments |  |  | Interest |  |  | payments |
Less than one year | $ | 1,023 |  |  | $ | 392 |  |  | $ | 631 |
Between one and five years | 4,710 |  |  | 960 |  |  | 3,750 |
More than five years | 1,374 |  |  | 60 |  |  | 1,314 |
| $ | 7,107 |  |  | $ | 1,412 |  |  | $ | 5,695 |
Current |  |  |  |  | $ | 631 |
Non-current |  |  |  |  | 5,064 |
|  |  |  |  | $ | 5,695 |
17. | Finance lease liability (cont'd):
| Future minimum |  |  |  |  | Present value of minimum lease |
At December 31, 2017 | lease payments |  |  | Interest |  |  | payments |
Less than one year | $ | 1,127 |  |  | $ | 475 |  |  | $ | 652 |
Between one and five years | 4,992 |  |  | 1,323 |  |  | 3,669 |
More than five years | 2,774 |  |  | 214 |  |  | 2,560 |
| $ | 8,893 |  |  | $ | 2,012 |  |  | $ | 6,881 |
Current |  |  |  |  | $ | 652 |
Non-current |  |  |  |  | 6,229 |
|  |  |  |  | $ | 6,881 |
At December 31, 2018, the Corporation is committed to payments under all operating leases as follows:
Less than 1 year | $ | 2,335 |
1-3 years | 4,436 |
4-5 years | 4,148 |
Thereafter | 6,851 |
Total minimum lease payments | $ | 17,770 |

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