12. SEGMENTED, SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION AND ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue			$ 12,553,832	$ 12,148,737
Interest revenue	398	53	759	53
Interest expense	24,223	28,568	85,637	68,657
Depreciation and amortization			919,528	248,076
Segment profit (loss)			(701,421)	440,545
Segment assets			7,785,775	8,252,476
Expenditures for segment assets			93,007	740,816
Bpca [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue			11,937,782	11,293,677
Interest revenue			9
Interest expense			40,190	15,548
Depreciation and amortization			189,820	215,402
Segment profit (loss)			1,316,358	1,739,904
Segment assets			2,025,466	2,267,888
Expenditures for segment assets			16,504	65,503
Ewcp [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue			616,050	855,060
Interest revenue			750	53
Interest expense			45,447	53,109
Depreciation and amortization			729,708	32,674
Segment profit (loss)			(2,017,779)	(1,299,359)
Segment assets			5,760,309	5,984,588
Expenditures for segment assets			$ 76,503	$ 675,313