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Common Shares - Summary Of The Status Of Unvested Stock Options (Details) - $ / shares	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted, Number of options (in shares)	350,000	1,142,000
Stock Options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unvested, Number of options, beginning of period (in shares)	759,669	246,250
Granted, Number of options (in shares)	350,000	1,142,000
Cancelled/Forfeited, Number of options (in shares)	(35,000)	(246,250)
Vested, Number of options (in shares)	(560,665)	(382,331)
Unvested, Number of options, end of period (in shares)	514,004	759,669	246,250
Unvested, Weighted average grant date fair value, beginning of period (in dollars per share)	$ 0.45	$ 0.22
Granted, Weighted average grant-date fair value per option (in dollars per share)	0.30	0.45
Cancelled/Forfeited, Weighted average grant-date fair value per option (in dollars per share)	0.43	0.22
Vested, Weighted average grant-date fair value per option (in dollars per share)	0.41	0.45
Unvested, Weighted average grant date fair value per option, end of period (in dollars per share)	$ 0.40	$ 0.45	$ 0.22
Weighted average remaining amortization period	9 months 11 days	1 year 1 month 21 days	11 months 27 days

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