I'd just like to add that the Legion is like any other volunteer organization right now. It's a little bit different because we're a veterans-centred organization, but any organization out in Canada in the main street today is having difficulty getting volunteers to come into it. There are too many competing activities going on. Branches in their heyday were big. They had large infrastructure. A branch that had an infrastructure supporting 2,500 members may now have only 500 members. Those are the types of transitions that the organization is starting to go through now. I'm happy to see that there are a lot organizations, not only in the Maritimes but all across the country. A lot of the branches are doing just that. They're realizing that their infrastructure is too big, and they're starting to downsize into better types of buildings that they can actually survive in for longer term.
The strength of a branch is always at the community level. They're there to support the community and the veterans in that community. That is the real strength of the organization. We're trying to give the tools to the branch now to improve their membership drives and to improve their outreach to the community so that they can actually go out in their community, tell them what they're doing, and attract members to come in.
In a large part of the country, branches are the mainstay of the local community. They are the focal point of the community. When you get into a large urban centre, sometimes that focal point tends to get diffused a little bit with other competing organizations. We're working on our strengths, on transition, and on trying to attract new members.