Businesses implementing Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine certificate requirements are seeing decreased sales, according to a survey conducted by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB).   Over 60 percent of businesses requiring patrons to show COVID-19 vaccine passports are reporting lower sales “as a direct result” of the provincial government’s vaccination mandates, said Dan Kelly, president and chief executive officer of the CFIB.  “Regardless of one’s views on vaccine passports, there is no doubt they’ve led to a further drop in sales for the small businesses required to use them,” Kelly wrote on social media, following the Ontario government’s Dec. 10 announcement to delay the lifting of the proof of vaccination mandate beyond the original schedule of Jan. 17, 2022. Kelly also noted that the extension of the vaccination policy will correspond to increased losses among hospitality, arts, and recreation businesses.  Overall, 74 percent of hospitality businesses and 66 percent of arts …