12. SEGMENTED, SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION AND ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 4,504,536	$ 5,194,071
Interest revenue		361
Interest expense	9,396	34,799
Depreciation and amortization	329,199	306,548
Segment profit (loss)	65,161	222,660
Segment assets	6,951,596	8,235,176
Expenditures for segment assets	4,741	7,412
BPCA [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue	4,215,597	4,919,249
Interest revenue		9
Interest expense	13,995	19,126
Depreciation and amortization	54,840	63,090
Segment profit (loss)	770,359	932,821
Segment assets	1,906,436	2,135,692
Expenditures for segment assets
EWCP [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue	288,939	274,822
Interest revenue		352
Interest expense	(4,599)	15,673
Depreciation and amortization	274,359	243,458
Segment profit (loss)	(705,198)	(710,161)
Segment assets	5,045,160	6,099,484
Expenditures for segment assets	$ 4,741	$ 7,412