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7. Related party transactions and balances (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Schedule of Related Party Transactions [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three months ended March 31, 2014 (unaudited) |  |  | Three months ended March 31, 2013 (unaudited) |
Interest expense: |  |  |  |  |  |
Promissory notes issued to relatives of the Chairman |  | $ | 76,557 |  |  | $ | 76,557 |
Lines of credit from Chairman and relatives of the Chairman |  |  | 170,629 |  |  |  | 125,884 |
General, selling and administration: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Consulting fees to a Company controlled by director of the Company in his role as a consultant to the Company |  |  | 31,500 |  |  |  | 20,000 |
Consulting services rendered by an individual who is a director and officer of the Company |  |  | 47,400 |  |  |  | 47,400 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include, but are not limited to, transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners and (d) affiliates. + References No definition available. + Details
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