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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Major Components Of Tax Expense Income [Abstract] |
Summary of Income Tax Expense (Recovery) | The following table reconciles the expected income tax expense (recovery) at the Canadian federal and provincial statutory income tax rates to the amounts recognized in the consolidated statements of loss and comprehensive loss for the years ended December 31, 2020, December 31, 2019 and ten months ended December 31, 2018:
| December 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018 |
Loss before taxes |  | (206,317 | ) |  | (146,307 | ) |  | (56,526 | )
Statutory income tax rates |  | 24.0 | % |  | 26.5 | % |  | 27.0 | %
Expected income tax recovery |  | (49,516 | ) |  | (38,771 | ) |  | (15,262 | )
Non-deductible share-based compensation |  | 1,970 |  |  | 10,474 |  |  | 1,860 |
Non-deductible finance expense |  | 2,130 |  |  | 15,981 |  |  | 2,304 |
Other non-deductible expenses |  | 348 |  |  | 2,621 |  |  | — |
Change in tax rates |  | 1,528 |  |  | 3,305 |  |  | — |
Deferred tax benefits not recognized |  | 43,540 |  |  | 2,781 |  |  | 11,098 |
Income tax (recovery) expense |  | — |  |  | (3,609 | ) |  | — |
Summary of Deferred Tax Assets (Liabilities) | Details of the deferred tax assets (liabilities) are as follows:
| December 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019 |
Deferred tax assets (liabilities): |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment |  | — |  |  | (3,490 | )
Inventory |  | 8,388 |  |  | 1,881 |
Biological assets |  | (8,388 | ) |  | (7,170 | )
Intangible assets |  | — |  |  | (7,355 | )
Non-capital losses |  | — |  |  | 12,769 |
Net deferred tax asset (liability) |  | — |  |  | (3,365 | )
Summary of Unrecognized Deductible Temporary Differences | Deferred tax assets have not been recognized for the following deductible temporary differences:
| December 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019 |
Unrecognized deductible temporary differences: |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, plant and equipment |  | 36,782 |  |  | — |
Intangible assets |  | 536 |  |  | — |
Share issue costs |  | 11,112 |  |  | 16,779 |
Financial obligations and other |  | 1,054 |  |  | 1,726 |
Inventory and biological assets |  | 34,781 |  |  | — |
Non-capital losses |  | 171,205 |  |  | 54,472 |
Unrecognized deductible temporary differences |  | 255,470 |  |  | 72,977 |
Summary of Movement in Deferred Income Tax Liability | The movement in deferred income tax liability is as follows:
| December 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019 |
Balance, beginning of year |  | 3,365 |  |  | — |
Acquisition of Pathway Rx |  | — |  |  | 3,609 |
Acquisition of Bridge Farm |  | — |  |  | 4,355 |
Recognized in profit and loss |  | — |  |  | (3,609 | )
Recognized in other comprehensive income |  | (25 | ) |  | 27 |
Recognized in discontinued operations (note 5) |  | (225 | ) |  | (1,017 | )
Disposition of Bridge Farm (note 5) |  | (3,115 | ) |  | — |
Balance, end of year |  | — |  |  | 3,365 |

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