SHARE CAPITAL (Details 3)		1 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013	May 31, 2011 Common Shares
Stock split conversion ratio		2
Discount on the purchase of common shares with reinvested dividends (as a percent)	2.00%
Minimum outstanding common shares required to be acquired to exercise the Shareholder Rights Plan (as a percent)	20.00%
Discount to the market price available to each rights holder, other than the acquiring person and related parties, under the Shareholder Rights Plan (as a percent)	50.00%

Represents the discount on the market price, expressed as a percentage, on purchase of common shares of the entity, which is available to the rights holder, other than the acquiring person and related parties acquiring a specified percentage or more of the entity's common shares outstanding.

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- Definition

Represents the minimum percentage of outstanding common shares of the entity required to be acquired by a shareholder to exercise the rights under the shareholder rights plan.

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- Definition

Represents the rate of discount on the purchase of common shares with reinvested dividends.

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- Definition

Ratio applied to the conversion of stock split, for example but not limited to, one share converted to two or two shares converted to one.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Stock Split

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6525746

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 4

-Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 4.C)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187143-122770

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