Anticipated funds drawn on loan

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- Definition

Debt Instrument, Repayment Terms, Royalty Percentage

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- Definition

Funds drawn on loan.

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- Definition

Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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- Definition

Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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- Definition

Amount of the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense for debt.

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Debt - Narrative (Details)	1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
Debt - Narrative (Details)	Nov. 30, 2018	Feb. 29, 2016	Jan. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 CAD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 CAD ($)	Nov. 13, 2018	Oct. 16, 2018 CAD ($)	Oct. 16, 2018 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Interest expense				$ 61,920	$ 22,185	$ 21,520
Loans Payable \| AIF
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Royalty percentage			10.00%
Debt instrument, face amount									$ 2,871,919
Interest rate							0.00%	0.00%
Secured Debt \| ACOA 2
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount							$ 500,000
Interest rate							0.00%	0.00%		0.00%
Debt Instrument, Term	9 years	9 years
Secured Debt \| PEI Finance Term Loan October 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt instrument, face amount											$ 2,000,000	$ 1,500,000
Funds drawn on loan							$ 1,700,000	$ 1,300,000
Anticipated funds drawn on loan							$ 300,000	$ 230,000
Interest rate											4.00%	4.00%