LEASE LIABILITIES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Lease liabilities [abstract]

LEASE LIABILITIES [Text Block]

14. LEASE LIABILITIES

Reconciliation of movements of lease liabilities to cash flows arising from financing activities:

		2020			2019
Balance, beginning of year	$	3,532		$	4,475
New leases		33			122
Interest expense		144			211
Interest paid		(144	)		(211	)
Payment of lease liabilities		(1,293	)		(1,229	)
Effect of changes in foreign exchange rates		20			164
Balance, end of year	$	2,292		$	3,532

During 2020, the expense related to variable lease payments not included in the measurement of lease obligations was $835 (2019 - $845).

The following table sets out a maturity analysis of lease payments, showing the undiscounted lease payments to be made as at December 31, 2020 and 2019:

		2020		2019
Year 1	$	1,243	$	1,472
Year 2		1,138		1,182
Year 3		19		1,112
Year 4		9		18
Year 5+		—		9
Total undiscounted lease payments	$	2,409	$	3,793
Carrying value of lease liabilities	$	2,292	$	3,532