Legion’s Montgomery Branch in downtown Ottawa for sale [Video]

The Royal Canadian Legion’s Montgomery Branch in downtown Ottawa is for sale, as the Legion faces a funding crunch and dwindling membership.

A listing on Realtor.ca shows Branch 351 on Kent Street is for sale at $2.999 million.

“It’s very simple, we have no cash flow,” Robert Buss, Branch 351 president, tells Newstalk 580 CFRA’s Ottawa at Work with Patricia Boal.

“We have a 1,500 sq. ft. building that we no longer really have full use of anymore because our membership has declined significantly.”

Buss says membership has dropped from 1,000 to 247 members over the years, and most of the current members are in their 70s and 80s.

“The only way we have to generate income is through members participating in social events, the rental of our halls,” Buss said.

“Our poppy campaign, which is ongoing now, is a completely separate thing and those funds that we raise have to be kept separate and they …