PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Schedule of details of property, plant and equipment

	Land			Building			Leasehold improvements			Production & development equipment			Computer hardware			Computer software			Office equipment			Total
COST
Balance at January 1, 2015	$	178,734		$	1,741,422		$	35,428		$	1,318,982		$	457,713		$	297,553		$	304,226		$	4,334,058
Additions during the year		253,198			805,810			93,361			833,690			52,914			80,455			23,700			2,143,128
Cumulative translation adjustment		(57,166	)		(346,428	)		(10,780	)		(281,957	)		(79,537	)		(51,650	)		(51,681	)		(879,199	)
Balance at December 31,2015	$	374,766		$	2,200,804		$	118,009		$	1,870,715		$	431,090		$	326,358		$	276,245		$	5,597,987
Additions during the year		—			89,263			—			409,899			28,765			128,243			—			656,170
Disposals during the year		(157,791	)		(1,994,191	)		(84,808	)		(964,018	)		(45,641	)		(41,724	)		—			(3,288,173	)
Cumulative translation adjustment		14,926			111,679			5,447			71,521			14,933			12,265			8,526			239,297
Balance as at December 31, 2016	$	231,901		$	407,555		$	38,648		$	1,388,117		$	429,147		$	425,142		$	284,771		$	3,205,281
Additions during the period		—			—			127,181			146,388			77,518			145,424			9,156			505,667
Cumulative translation adjustment		17,592			30,916			4,109			115,223			37,257			41,707			22,158			268,962
Balance as at December 31, 2017	$	249,493		$	438,471		$	169,938		$	1,649,728		$	543,922		$	612,273		$	316,085		$	3,979,910
ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
Balance at January 1, 2015	$	—		$	343,295		$	958		$	694,265		$	222,154		$	279,427		$	140,688		$	1,680,787
Depreciation for the year		—			51,010			34,119			270,231			78,158			36,817			33,374			503,709
Cumulative translation adjustment					(59,066	)		(2,062	)		(130,469	)		(42,706	)		(47,318	)		(25,444	)		(307,065	)
Balance at December 31, 2015	$	—		$	335,239		$	33,015		$	834,027		$	257,606		$	268,926		$	148,618		$	1,877,431
Depreciation for the year		—			77,205			50,101			402,426			61,645			137,682			26,675			755,734
Disposals during the year		—			(395,674	)		(57,933	)		(584,186	)		(29,746	)		(14,779	)		—			(1,082,318	)
Cumulative translation adjustment		—			18,130			1,567			31,536			7,694			5,647			4,225			68,799
Balance at December 31, 2016	$	—		$	34,900		$	26,750		$	683,803		$	297,199		$	397,476		$	179,518		$	1,619,646
Depreciation for the period		—			15,484			35,702			254,794			64,166			140,652			23,747			534,545
Cumulative translation adjustment		—			3,179			3,964			60,347			24,730			33,889			14,429			140,538
Balance as at December 31, 2017	$	—		$	53,563		$	66,416		$	998,944		$	386,095		$	572,018		$	217,694		$	2,294,729
CARRYING AMOUNTS
As at December 31, 2015	$	374,766		$	1,865,565		$	84,994		$	1,036,688		$	173,484		$	57,432		$	127,627		$	3,720,556
As at December 31, 2016	$	231,901		$	372,655		$	11,898		$	704,314		$	131,948		$	27,666		$	105,253		$	1,585,635
As at December 31, 2017	$	249,493		$	384,908		$	103,522		$	650,784		$	157,827		$	40,256		$	98,391		$	1,685,181