 The two Toronto architects received a fee of $2500 for the work; this was 10% of the cost of the $25 000 project.The work was completed in budget and on time.There was some controversy before the monument was unveiled; "the only wording on the Cenotaph would be a simple four word statement “TO ALL WHO SERVED.” Then someone realized that this monument was in fact a cenotaph, a structure that by the very definition of that word (from the Greek kenotaphion - kenos, empty + taphos, tomb) signified an “empty tomb.” " As a memorial to those who had died and are buried elsewhere, it was felt that "TO ALL WHO SERVED" was inappropriate in such a case.