13. SEGMENTED, SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMER INFORMATION AND ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2016
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue			$ 12,655,460	$ 12,162,852
Interest revenue			323	2,161
Interest expense	$ 11,402	$ 11,318	35,698	33,876
Depreciation and amortization			189,513	405,186
Segment profit (loss)			3,247,366	1,388,995
Segment assets			1,740,316	3,712,732
Expenditures for segment assets			(57,876)	(101,762)
BPCA [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue			12,048,984	11,412,437
Interest revenue			140	2,160
Interest expense			35,644	33,817
Depreciation and amortization			145,211	160,542
Segment profit (loss)			1,266,398	1,881,824
Segment assets			1,385,465	1,614,891
Expenditures for segment assets			(7,406)	(95,632)
EWCP [Member]
Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Line Items]
Revenue			606,476	750,415
Interest revenue			183	1
Interest expense			54	59
Depreciation and amortization			44,302	244,644
Segment profit (loss)			1,980,968	(492,829)
Segment assets			354,851	2,097,841
Expenditures for segment assets			$ (50,470)	$ (6,130)