Financial instruments and fair values (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Disclosure of detailed information about financial instruments [abstract]

Disclosure of foreign currencies

The following table presents the Company’s exposure to the Canadian dollar:

	2017 $		2016 $
Cash and cash equivalents	125		103
Accounts receivable	28		8
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	(1,657	)	(1,184	)
Net exposure	(1,504	)	(1,073	)

	Reporting date rate
	2017 $	2016 $
CA$ – US$	0.797	0.745