Note 6 - Loans Payable - Related Party

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Notes to Financial Statements

Loans Payable to Related Party [Text Block]

NOTE

6

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LOANS PAYABLE- RELATED PARTY

Loans payable - related party consists of the following at:

	March 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Loans payable in default to the spouse of Bill Chaaban, CEO of CEN, for the original amounts of CAD 48,630 and USD $198,660, bear interest at 10% per annum. These are unsecured loans that matured on December 31, 2018.	$	237,331	$	236,854
Loans payable in default to a former director of Creative, former parent company, bear interest at 10% per annum. This are unsecured loans that matured on December 31, 2018.		601,500		601,500
Loan payable in default to R&D Labs Canada, Inc., whose president is Bill Chaaban, also the CEO of CEN, bearing interest at 8% per annum. This is an unsecured loan that matured on October 2, 2019. R&D Labs Canada is a company owned by Bill Chaaban's spouse.		300,000		300,000
Loan payable to the spouse of Joseph Byrne, a 5% shareholder and former CEO, and current President and member of the board of CEN, issued January 12, 2018 with a 30-day maturity, bearing share interest of 4,000 common shares per 30-day period. This is an unsecured loan that matures on May 16, 2021.		100,000		100,000
Loan payable to Alex Tarrabain, CFO and a Director of CEN, issued January 17, 2018 with a 30-day maturity, bearing share interest of 3,000 common shares per 30-day period. This is an unsecured loan that matures on May 16, 2021.		75,000		75,000
Loan payable to Joseph Byrne, a 5% shareholder and former CEO, and current President and member of the board of CEN, issued January 24, 2018 with a 30-day maturity, bearing share interest of 2,000 common shares per 30-day period. This is an unsecured loan that matures on May 16, 2021.		50,000		50,000
Total loans payable - related party (all current)	$	1,363,831	$	1,363,354

Attributable related party accrued interest was

$590,589

and

$568,969

as of

March 31, 2021

and

December 31, 2020,

respectively. Interest expense attributable to related party loans was

$63,862

and

$45,582

for the

three

-months ended

March 31, 2021

and

2020,

respectively.

During both

three

-month periods ended

March 31, 2021

and

2020,

27,000

common shares were issued to related parties in connection with interest terms of the above loans made to CEN. Accordingly, during the

three

-month periods ended

March 31, 2021

and

2020,

$37,260

and

$19,440

in related party interest expense and additional paid-in capital was recorded, respectively.