Fair enough; nothing wrong with disagreeing. However, since I don't know which GUEST you are (why not give yourself a name?), I can't say exactly what it was that gnu or I took exception to in your post, so I won't attempt to tackle that. I do want to make it clear though, that when I speak of the big stars having "disdain" for Canadian awards, I don't mean that they are snobs; I do mean that they might well nurse a little resentment over having had to leave Canada early in their careers in order to achieve something, and not having received much recognition in Canada until after they had been recognized in the States. And then finding themselves being fawned over in Canada.

Also, I want to make it clear that I have no resentment at all toward those stars; most of them I quite admire.

Would I be correct in assuming you are somewhat younger than us middle-aged cranks? If so, that might explain the difference in perception. As I allowed in an earlier post, "maybe things are changing". If you are too young to remember what it was like before the Canadian content regulations were introduced for radio, then perhaps the difference in our take on things is understandable ...