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Note 8 - Government Assistance
6 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements  
Government Assistance [Text Block]
8.
Government assistance:
 
Government assistance is comprised of a government grant from the Canadian federal government and research and development investment tax credits receivable from the Quebec provincial government, which relate to qualifiable research and development expenditures under the applicable tax laws. The amounts recorded as receivables are subject to a government tax audit and the final amounts received
may
differ from those recorded. For the
six
-month periods ended
September 30, 2020
and
September 30, 2019,
the Corporation recorded
$84
and
$75,
respectively, as a reduction of research and development expenses in the Statement of Loss and Comprehensive Loss.
 
In
September 2019,
the Corporation was awarded up to CAD
$750,000
in non-dilutive and non-repayable funding from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) to apply towards eligible research and development disbursements of the Corporation's unique commercial production platform for CaPre. During the
six
-month period ended
September 30, 2020
the Corporation claimed
$79
in connection with this program, which has been recorded as a reduction of research and development expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Loss and Comprehensive Loss.
 
In
October 2020,
the Corporation received correspondence from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP) that the eligible amount awarded to the Corporation for non-dilutive and non-repayable funding was reduced from up to CAD
$750,000
to up to CAD
$326,357.