Promissory notes interest payable

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Interest Advancesand Promissory Notes Payable [Abstract]

Promissory notes interest payable

4.       Promissory Notes and Interest Payable

a)       Promissory notes payable to related parties:

A summary of the promissory notes payable to related parties is as follows:

Promissory Notes Payable to Related Parties			September 30, 2020		December 31, 2019
Promissory notes payable to relatives of directors collateralized by a general security agreement over all the assets of the Company, due on demand:
	i.	Interest at 1% per month	$	720,619	$	720,619
	ii.	Interest at 1.25% per month		51,347		51,347
	iii.	Interest at the US bank prime rate plus 1%		100,000		100,000
	iv.	Interest at 0.5% per month		695,000		695,000
Promissory notes payable, unsecured, to relatives of a director, bearing interest at 1% per month, due on demand				1,465,000		1,465,000
Total Promissory Notes Payable to Related Parties			$	3,031,966	$	3,031,966

b)       Promissory notes payable to unrelated parties

A summary of the promissory notes payable to unrelated parties is as follows:

Promissory Notes Payable to Unrelated Parties			September 30,		December 31,
			2020		2019
Unsecured promissory notes payable to unrelated lenders:
	i.	Interest at 1% per month, repayable on March 31, 2009, due on demand	$	450,000	$	450,000
	ii.	Interest at 1% per month, with $50,000 repayable on December 31, 2004, $75,000 repayable on August 18, 2007, $75,000 repayable on November 19, 2007 and the balance due on demand. All are due on demand, accruing interest at the same rate		887,456		887,456
	iii.	Interest at 0.625% per month, with $50,000 repayable on October 5, 2004, $40,000 repayable on December 31, 2004 and $60,000 repayable on July 28, 2006, all due on demand		150,000		150,000
	iv.	Non-interest-bearing, repayable on July 17, 2005, due on demand		270,912		270,912
	v.	Interest at 0.667% per month, repayable at $25,000 per month beginning October 2009, none repaid to date		310,985		310,985
	vi.	Interest at 0.667% per month, with $125,000 due January 15, 2011		125,000		125,000
Promissory notes payable, secured by a guarantee from the Chief Executive Officer, bearing interest at 1% per month				60,000		60,000
Total Promissory Notes Payable to Unrelated Parties			$	2,254,353	$	2,254,353

c)       Interest payable

A summary of the interest payable activity is as follows:

	Interest Payable
Balance, December 31, 2018	$	4,836,127
Interest incurred on promissory notes payable		528,870
Balance, December 31, 2019		5,364,997
Interest incurred on promissory notes payable		396,653
Interest applied to purchase shares of common stock (note 6)		(2,318,542	)
Balance, September 30, 2020	$	3,443,108

	September 30,		December 31,
	2020		2019
Related parties (relatives of the Chairman)	$	794,684	$	2,876,280
Non-related parties		2,648,424		2,488,717
	$	3,443,108	$	5,364,997

Historically, all interest payable is from interest incurred at the stated rate of promissory notes issued by the Company. The payment terms, security and any interest payable are based on the underlying promissory notes payable that the Company has outstanding.

d)       Interest expense

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company incurred interest expense of $1,577,829 (2019 - $2,590,013) substantially as follows:

· $1,089,110 (2019 - $1,016,123) incurred on lines of credit payable;

· $396,653 (2019 - $396,652) incurred on promissory notes payable, as shown in note 4(b);

· $92,066 (2019 - $91,867) incurred from the calculation of imputed interest on accounts payable outstanding for longer than one year, advances payable and promissory notes payable, which had no stated interest rate; and

· $nil (2019 - $1,085,371) incurred related to the modification of the option held by creditors of the Company to acquire shares of common stock that were granted as consideration for providing financing to the Company.