PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2019

Property, plant and equipment [abstract]

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT [Text Block]

9. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

										GROWING &
							CONSTRUCTION			PROCESSING
		LAND		BUILDINGS			IN PROCESS			EQUIPMENT			OTHER			TOTAL
Cost
Balance, August 31, 2017	$	1,440	$	14,150		$	22,200		$	7,908		$	2,304		$	48,002
Additions		765		15,536			34,851			4,986			791			56,929
Construction completed		-		17,415			(45,058	)		27,609			34			-
Disposals		-		-			-			(10	)		(42	)		(52	)
Included in assets for sale		-		-			-			-			(165	)		(165	)
Balance, August 31, 2018	$	2,205	$	47,101		$	11,993		$	40,493		$	2,922		$	104,714
Accumulated depreciation
Balance, August 31, 2017	$	-	$	(816	)	$	-		$	(1,114	)	$	(726	)	$	(2,656	)
Depreciation		-		(1,181	)		-			(1,844	)		(479	)		(3,504	)
Disposals		-		-			-			2			6			8
Included in assets for sale		-		-			-			-			77			77
Balance, August 31, 2018	$	-	$	(1,997	)	$	-		$	(2,956	)	$	(1,122	)	$	(6,075	)
Cost
Balance, August 31, 2018	$	2,205	$	47,101		$	11,993		$	40,493		$	2,922		$	104,714
Additions		6		15,753			105,512			5,554			3,366			130,191
Construction completed		-		8,042			(51,990	)		42,698			1,250			-
Disposals		-		(122	)		-			(201	)		-			(323	)
Impairment loss		-		-			-			(613	)		-			(613	)
Balance, August 31, 2019	$	2,211	$	70,774		$	65,515		$	87,931		$	7,538		$	233,969
Accumulated depreciation
Balance, August 31, 2018	$	-	$	(1,997	)	$	-		$	(2,956	)	$	(1,122	)	$	(6,075	)
Depreciation		-		(2,245	)		-			(5,679	)		(946	)		(8,870	)
Disposals		-		5			-			17			-			22
Balance, August 31, 2019	$	-	$	(4,237	)	$	-		$	(8,618	)	$	(2,068	)	$	(14,923	)
Net book value
August 31, 2018	$	2,205	$	45,104		$	11,993		$	37,537		$	1,800		$	98,639
August 31, 2019	$	2,211	$	66,537		$	65,515		$	79,313		$	5,470		$	219,046

Most of the additions during the year-ended August 31, 2019 were related to the Company’s expansion located at 35 English Drive, while the remainder were related to purchases of packaging equipment and IT system upgrades to facilitate recreational cannabis sales.

During the year ended August 31, 2019 certain growing and processing equipment was identified as being impaired either as a result of it being obsolete or inefficient and costly for production use. This equipment was impaired to a carrying value of $nil.

The following table reconciles additions of property, plant and equipment per the above table to the purchases of property, plant and equipment per the statements of cash flows:

		AUGUST 31, 2019			AUGUST 31, 2018
Additions	$	130,191		$	56,929
Acquisitions related to discontinued operations		-			(32	)
Net change in accounts payable and accrued liabilities related to purchases of PP&E		(21,427	)		(462	)
Purchase of property, plant and equipment	$	108,764		$	56,435