13. SEGMENTED, SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION AND ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 4,663,708	$ 5,312,635
Interest expense	11,567	10,944
Depreciation and amortization	80,375	131,587
Segment profit (loss)	3,252,667	741,794
Segment assets	1,805,504	3,991,769
Expenditures for segment assets	(29,903)	(90,701)
BPCA [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue	4,415,982	4,984,922
Interest expense	11,512	10,944
Depreciation and amortization	48,404	53,109
Segment profit (loss)	593,545	872,202
Segment assets	1,482,276	1,717,392
Expenditures for segment assets	(7,406)	(90,701)
EWCP [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue	247,726	327,713
Interest expense	55	0
Depreciation and amortization	31,971	78,478
Segment profit (loss)	1,770,391	(130,408)
Segment assets	323,228	2,274,377
Expenditures for segment assets	$ (22,497)	$ 0