15. SEGMENTED, SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION AND ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Sales	$ 16,246,014	$ 15,898,547
Interest expense	41,699	55,770
Depreciation	540,079	578,338
Income tax expense (recovery)	982,133	765,328
Segment profit (loss)	1,793,334	1,504,696
Segment assets	3,489,834	3,891,732
Expenditures for segment assets	114,270	59,030
BCPA [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Sales	15,460,354	15,210,719
Interest expense	41,640	55,769
Depreciation	214,383	193,429
Income tax expense (recovery)	982,133	765,328
Segment profit (loss)	2,211,104	2,559,040
Segment assets	1,523,270	1,679,801
Expenditures for segment assets	107,918	303,388
EWCP [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Sales	785,660	687,828
Interest expense	59	1
Depreciation	325,696	384,909
Income tax expense (recovery)	0	0
Segment profit (loss)	(417,770)	(1,054,344)
Segment assets	1,966,564	2,211,931
Expenditures for segment assets	$ 6,352	$ (244,358)