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Financial instruments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Financial Instruments [Abstract]

Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments

The following exchange rates applied during the year ended December 31, 2018:

	$U.S. to $1.00 CDN		$CDN to $1.00 U.S.
January 1, 2018 Opening rate	$0.798		$1.254
December 31, 2018 Closing rate	$0.734		$1.363
Fiscal 2018 Average rate	$0.772		$1.296

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Financial Instruments [Abstract]

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The disclosure of information that enables users of financial statements to evaluate the nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments to which the entity is exposed. [Refer: Financial instruments, class [member]]

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 7
-IssueDate 2017-01-01
-Paragraph 31
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IFRS&num=7&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_31&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2017-03-09

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