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Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Reconciliation
The differences between the effective income tax rate and the statutory tax rates during the years ended 2021, 2020 and 2019 are as follows (in thousands):

 Year Ended December 31,
 202120202019
Net loss before tax$(578,485)$(357,937)$(213,256)
Statutory U.S. federal tax rate 21.00 %21.00 %21.00 %
Tax computed at federal statutory rate(121,482)(75,167)(44,784)
State income taxes, net of federal benefit(4,657)(13,490)— 
Increase (decrease) in taxes recoverable resulting from:  
Effect of change in valuation allowance
150,487 110,985 52,719 
Non-deductible share-based compensation
4,783 2,724 1,810 
Tax deductions for share-based compensation
(17,243)(17,991)(6,917)
Tax credits
(30,289)(15,672)(8,621)
Foreign withholding taxes3,299 — — 
Change in tax rate2,972 — — 
Unrecognized tax benefits7,573 3,857 2,143 
Non-deductible officers’ compensation8,318 4,697 3,527 
Other differences
(462)57 123 
Income tax expense$3,299 $— $— 
Schedule of Deferred Tax
The following table summarizes the significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets (in thousands):

 December 31,
20212020
Deferred tax assets:  
Tangible and intangible depreciable assets$29,576 $32,180 
Stock compensation26,738 19,183 
Provisions5,740 2,510 
Lease liability9,916 8,800 
Non-current investment673 — 
Net operating loss carryforward299,204 182,536 
Capital loss carryforward 89 114 
Canada scientific research and experimental development expenditures5,471 5,471 
U.S. research and development tax credits51,550 28,834 
Total gross deferred tax assets428,957 279,628 
Less valuation allowance(421,044)(270,368)
Net deferred tax assets $7,913 $9,260 
Deferred tax liabilities:
Right-of-use asset $(7,913)$(8,377)
Non-current investment— (883)
Net deferred income taxes$— $— 
Schedule of Expiration of NOLs The NOLs expire as follows (in thousands):
USCanada
FederalStateFederalProvincial
Expires in:  
2030$4,830 $4,907 
20317,059 7,066 
203213,308 12,433 
20332,225 2,232 18,623 19,385 
20347,276 22,162 32,401 31,809 
203553,359 52,950 1,084 1,084 
203623,379 — 777 777 
203765,509 — 697 697 
2038— 3,741 — — 
2039— — 242 242 
2040— 190,783 273 273 
2041— 24,569 251 251 
Does not expire1,099,025 — — — 
$1,250,773 $296,437 $79,545 $78,924 
Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Positions
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amounts of unrecognized tax positions are as follows (in thousands):

 FederalProvincial/State
 December 31,December 31,
 202120202019202120202019
Unrecognized tax positions, beginning of year$7,394 $4,268 $2,617 $9,652 $8,648 $8,010 
Gross increase — current period tax positions
6,482 3,126 1,651 1,367 1,004 638 
Gross decrease — prior period tax positions
— — — (78)— — 
Gross increase — prior period tax positions
— — — — — — 
Expiration of statute of limitations
— — — — — — 
Unrecognized tax positions, end of year$13,876 $7,394 $4,268 $10,941 $9,652 $8,648