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Common Shares - Summary Of Deferred Share Units Activity (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) shares | May 31, 2019 USD ($) shares | Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares | Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares | Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares shares | Dec. 31, 2019 $ / shares shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense | $ |  |  | $ 165 | $ 148 | $ 757 | $ 615 |
Deferred Stock Units (DSU) [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of common shares issues for each DSU (at end of board members' team). |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |
Unvested, Number of units, beginning of period (in shares) | shares |  |  |  |  | 366,000 | 0 | 0
Granted, Number of units (in shares) | shares | 360,000 | 366,000 |  |  | 360,000 |  | 366,000
Unvested, Number of units, end of period (in shares) | shares |  |  | 726,000 |  | 726,000 |  | 366,000
Unvested, weighted average fair value, beginning of year (in dollars per share) | $ / shares |  |  |  |  | $ 0.57 | $ 0 | $ 0
Granted, Weighted average fair value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares |  |  |  |  | 0.58 |  | 0.57
Unvested, weighted average fair value, end of year (in dollars per share) | $ / shares |  |  | $ 0.57 |  | $ 0.57 |  | $ 0.57
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense | $ | $ 209 | $ 209 | $ 0 |  | $ 209 | $ 209 |

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