At the risk of being accused of lack of subtlty, outright stupidity, or merely trolling, I am going state what I infer from one or two previous posts...Awards are generally given only to those who succeed in America. Well established artists do not need awards in order to further careers, Well established artists my disdain Canadian awards... That is my take on some previously expressed opinions. Perhaps the irony was to subtle, but I do believe that I did understand the gist, I just happen to disagree. I believe that many very worthy Canadians have been honoured by "the powers that be". I also agree that many deserving artists have been overlooked but I do not think it is because they did not have international recognition.