Financial Instruments (Details Textual) - 9 months ended Sep. 30, 2017 CAD in Millions, $ in Millions	USD ($)	CAD
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash	$ 4.7
Financial Instruments Disclosure 5	98.00%
Financial Instruments Disclosure 6	1.00%
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Cash, FDIC Insured Amount	$ 0.3
Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Deposits, Total \| CAD		CAD 0.1

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Financial Instruments Disclosure 5

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Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Excludes cash and cash equivalents within disposal group and discontinued operation.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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The amount of cash deposited in financial institutions as of the balance sheet date that is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

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The aggregate of all deposit liabilities held by the entity, including foreign and domestic, interest and noninterest bearing; may include demand deposits, saving deposits, Negotiable Order of Withdrawal (NOW) and time deposits among others.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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