Income Taxes - Provision for Income Tax Recovery/Expense (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
12 Months Ended | |
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Dec. 31, 2018 |
Dec. 31, 2017 |
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| Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Amount [Abstract] | ||
| Comprehensive loss | $ (80,204) | $ (34,742) |
| Expected income tax expense at Canadian statutory income tax rate of 26.51% (2017 - 26.51%) | (21,269) | (9,211) |
| Permanent differences | 16,057 | 13,015 |
| Share issuance costs | (8,051) | (4,502) |
| Stock-based compensation benefits | (3,132) | (4,722) |
| State tax losses | (659) | (4,875) |
| Other items | (88) | 367 |
| Foreign tax rate differential | 1,726 | 711 |
| Increase in valuation allowance | 15,416 | 9,217 |
| Provision for income tax (recovery) expense | $ 0 | $ 0 |
| Canada Revenue Agency | ||
| Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] | ||
| Canadian statutory income tax rate | 26.51% | 26.51% |
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- Definition Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Nondeductible Expense, Share Issuance Costs, Amount No definition available.
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- Definition Amount after tax of increase (decrease) in equity from transactions and other events and circumstances from net income and other comprehensive income, attributable to parent entity. Excludes changes in equity resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Percentage of domestic federal statutory tax rate applicable to pretax income (loss). Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to increase (decrease) in the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to foreign income tax expense (benefit). Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition The amount of income tax expense or benefit for the period computed by applying the domestic federal statutory tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to nondeductible expenses. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to nondeductible equity-based compensation costs. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to other adjustments. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to state and local income tax expense (benefit). Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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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. No definition available.
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