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The situation for small companies across Canada continues to be incredibly challenging. We are now up to about 800 to 1,000 calls per day from our members across the country. Many of them are business owners who just don't know where to turn. Some of them, fortunately, are in a position of being helped by some of the programs that government has announced and I'm bringing some recommendations on how those programs can be improved.
I sent a deck that you should all have in front of you of some new data from CFIB. We have done a survey of our members every weekend, and we're going to do it again this weekend. On each survey we have between 10,000 and 12,000 respondents who outline the impact that COVID-19 and the economic emergency is having on them and [Technical difficulty—Editor] recommendations on the various support programs that are out there.
Right now, only 21% of businesses across Canada are open, and 80% of small and medium-sized firms across Canada are closed either completely or partially closed. Of course, in some provinces, it's even well below 20% today, which is very worrisome news, as restrictions from [Technical difficulty—Editor] continue.
When we talk to our members about what's happening from a sales perspective, over half of our members, 55%, have seen their sales drop by 50% or more. That's incredibly alarming, in our view, because many of them are just not able to keep their doors open even if they are technically allowed to open.
One of the most worrisome statistics that we should all be thinking of is that half of small businesses have said to us that if current—