12. SEGMENTED, SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION AND ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY (Details 2) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Property and equipment, and patents	$ 6,309,192	$ 7,386,242
Canada [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Property and equipment, and patents	4,512,436	5,424,966
United States [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Property and equipment, and patents	$ 1,796,756	$ 1,961,276