12. SEGMENTED, SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION AND ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2012
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue			$ 9,389,164	$ 8,955,800
Interest revenue				361
Interest expense	46,484	26,615	55,880	61,414
Depreciation and amortization			656,486	611,786
Segment profit (loss)			135,329	(243,339)
Segment assets			6,508,962	7,885,710
Expenditures for segment assets			55,487	85,532
BPCA [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue			8,885,461	8,407,467
Interest revenue			0	9
Interest expense			30,942	30,767
Depreciation and amortization			109,680	126,955
Segment profit (loss)			1,627,630	1,118,890
Segment assets			1,851,596	2,087,331
Expenditures for segment assets				15,504
EWCP [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue			503,703	548,333
Interest revenue			0	352
Interest expense			24,938	30,647
Depreciation and amortization			546,806	484,831
Segment profit (loss)			(1,492,301)	(1,362,229)
Segment assets			4,657,366	5,798,357
Expenditures for segment assets			$ 55,487	$ 70,028