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Strategic investments

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The amount of cash on hand and demand deposits, along with short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and that are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value. [Refer: Cash; Cash equivalents]

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The amount of assets that are: (a) cash; (b) an equity instrument of another entity; (c) a contractual right: (i) to receive cash or another financial asset from another entity; or (ii) to exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially favourable to the entity; or (d) a contract that will, or may be, settled in the entity’s own equity instruments and is: (i) a non-derivative for which the entity is, or may be, obliged to receive a variable number of the entity’s own equity instruments; or (ii) a derivative that will, or may be, settled other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or another financial asset for a fixed number of the entity’s own equity instruments. For this purpose the entity’s own equity instruments do not include puttable financial instruments classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16A-16B of IAS 32, instruments that impose on the entity an obligation to deliver to another party a pro rata share of the net assets of the entity only on liquidation and are classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16C-16D of IAS 32, or instruments that are contracts for the future receipt or delivery of the entity’s own equity instruments. [Refer: Financial instruments, class [member]; Financial liabilities]

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The amount of financial assets that are measured at fair value and for which gains (losses) are recognised in profit or loss. A financial asset shall be measured at fair value through profit or loss unless it is measured at amortised cost or at fair value through other comprehensive income. A gain (loss) on a financial asset measured at fair value shall be recognised in profit or loss unless it is part of a hedging relationship, it is an investment in an equity instrument for which the entity has elected to present gains and losses in other comprehensive income or it is a financial asset measured at fair value through other comprehensive income. [Refer: At fair value [member]; Financial assets]

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The amount of non-current trade receivables and non-current other receivables. [Refer: Non-current trade receivables; Other non-current receivables]

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The amount of non-current restricted cash and cash equivalents. [Refer: Restricted cash and cash equivalents]

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The amount receivable by the entity that it does not separately disclose in the same statement or note.

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Disclosure of financial assets (Details) - CAD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Statement [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 3,533,611	$ 3,199,686	$ 5,634,601	$ 6,450,308
Restricted cash	771,434	359,172
Fair value through profit or loss investments	1,139,447
Strategic investments	2,199,199	212,798
Accounts receivable	3,376,411
Non-current accounts receivable	0	$ 1,412,727
Total	11,020,102
Level 1 [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	3,533,611
Restricted cash	771,434
Fair value through profit or loss investments	1,139,447
Strategic investments	2,199,199
Accounts receivable	0
Total	7,643,691
Level 2 [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	0
Restricted cash	0
Fair value through profit or loss investments	0
Strategic investments	0
Accounts receivable	3,376,411
Total	3,376,411
Level 3 [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	0
Restricted cash	0
Fair value through profit or loss investments	0
Strategic investments	0
Accounts receivable	0
Total	$ 0