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Share based payments - Warrants (Details) $ in Thousands			12 Months Ended
Share based payments - Warrants (Details) $ in Thousands	Nov. 15, 2022 CAD ($) item shares	Jan. 22, 2021 CAD ($) item Y shares	Dec. 31, 2022 CAD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2021 CAD ($) shares
Warrants
Warrants exercised			210,545	1,569,215
Proceeds from warrant exercises \| $	$ 970		$ 807	$ 6,217
Warrants expired			83,213	22,222
Total fair value \| $			$ 57,329	$ 65,709
Overnight-marketed offering
Warrants
Warrants issued	2,345,000		2,483,150
Total fair value \| $	$ 2,087
Number of units issued	2,345,000
Number of common share in each unit	1
Number of warrant in each unit	1
Overnight-marketed offering \| Financial derivative liability - warrants \| Risk-free interest rate
Warrants
Significant unobservable input of liabilities \| item	0.04172
Overnight-marketed offering \| Financial derivative liability - warrants \| Expected volatility
Warrants
Significant unobservable input of liabilities \| item	0.6289
Overnight-marketed offering \| Financial derivative liability - warrants \| Share price
Warrants
Significant unobservable input of liabilities \| item	2.35
Overnight-marketed offering \| Financial derivative liability - warrants \| Strike price
Warrants
Significant unobservable input of liabilities \| item	3.10
Overnight-marketed offering \| Broker Warrants Units
Warrants
Number of units issued	138,150
Number of common share in each unit	1
Number of warrant in each unit	1
Reserve recorded \| $	$ 325
January 2021 Bought Deal Financing
Warrants
Warrants issued		875,917		981,027
Total fair value \| $		$ 1,667
January 2021 Bought Deal Financing \| Financial derivative liability - warrants \| Risk-free interest rate
Warrants
Significant unobservable input of liabilities \| item		0.0017
January 2021 Bought Deal Financing \| Financial derivative liability - warrants \| Expected life
Warrants
Significant unobservable input of liabilities \| Y		2
January 2021 Bought Deal Financing \| Financial derivative liability - warrants \| Expected volatility
Warrants
Significant unobservable input of liabilities \| item		0.7710
January 2021 Bought Deal Financing \| Financial derivative liability - warrants \| Expected dividends
Warrants
Significant unobservable input of liabilities \| item		0
January 2021 Bought Deal Financing \| Financial derivative liability - warrants \| Share price
Warrants
Significant unobservable input of liabilities \| item		0.315
January 2021 Bought Deal Financing \| Broker Warrants
Warrants
Warrants issued		105,110