That’s according to Jonathan Alward, a regional director for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.  He explains in terms of how many businesses are fully open right now in the province just 45 percent of small businesses consider themselves fully open, just about 38 percent give or take of Manitoba’s small businesses consider themselves fully staffed and less than 30 percent of businesses right now in the province are earning normal revenues or better for this time of year so it’s very bleak to say the least.

Alward goes on to say the Federation has been advocating for easing of certain restrictions, which the province says they are considering after polling Manitobans this past week.

However, due to the high COVID-19 case counts in northern Manitoba and First Nations any proposed changes will most likely not apply to the region.