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Other assets (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of other assets | Other assets are as follows:
|  | December 31, 2017 |  |  | December 31, 2016 |
Long term prepaid lease payments (note 7) |  | $ | 1,779 |  |  | $ | 1,839 |
Intangible assets (note 10(b)) |  | 938 |  |  | 1,790 |
Deferred financing costs (note 10(c)) |  | 707 |  |  | 320 |
Deferred lease inducement asset (note 10(d)) |  | 784 |  |  | 927 |
Loan to partnership (note 24) |  | 969 |  |  | — |
|  | $ | 5,177 |  |  | $ | 4,876 |
Schedule of intangible assets |
|  | December 31, 2017 |  |  | December 31, 2016 |
Cost |  | $ | 18,188 |  |  | $ | 18,122 |
Accumulated amortization |  | 17,250 |  |  | 16,332 |
Net book value |  | $ | 938 |  |  | $ | 1,790 |
Schedule of estimated amortization expense for future years | The estimated amortization expense for future years is as follows:
For the year ending December 31, |  |
2018 |  | $ | 464 |
2019 |  | 266 |
2020 |  | 149 |
2021 |  | 59 |
|  | $ | 938 |
Schedule of deferred finance costs |
|  | December 31, 2017 |  |  | December 31, 2016 |
Cost |  | $ | 1,390 |  |  | $ | 550 |
Accumulated amortization |  | 683 |  |  | 230 |
|  | $ | 707 |  |  | $ | 320 |
Schedule of deferred lease inducement assets |
|  | December 31, 2017 |  |  | December 31, 2016 |
Balance, beginning of year |  | $ | 927 |  |  | $ | 1,070 |
Amortization of deferred lease inducements |  | (143 | ) |  | (143 | )
Balance, end of year |  | $ | 784 |  |  | $ | 927 |

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