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National Arts Centre, and are typically recorded for broadcast by
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would be an honoree in the near future, but opined that she was an inappropriate choice for the same reason as Young. In 2001 he criticized the awards for paying lip service to diversity in
Canadian arts despite the fact that only two people of colour, pianists
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Gessell, "Great Canadians, eh?: The Governor General's Performing Arts Awards are meant to be a celebration of the country's most important artists. But as Paul Gessell notes, they're not exactly a reflection of the new multicultural Canada".
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592:Nicholas Goldschmidt
313:and Les Deux Mondes
311:Michel Marc Bouchard
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998:Anne Claire Poirier
988:Christopher Plummer
632:Jean-Pierre Ronfard
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3095:Nanaimo Daily News
3002:Hamilton Spectator
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2957:Halifax Daily News
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2272:Brigitte Haentjens
2151:Michael M. Koerner
1856:Paul-André Fortier
1722:Buffy Sainte-Marie
1542:The Tragically Hip
1369:Jacques Languirand
893:Christopher Newton
762:Denise Filiatrault
642:Maryvonne Kendergi
239:Ludmilla Chiriaeff
3422:J. Kelly Nestruck
3383:Victoria Ahearn,
3349:J. Kelly Nestruck
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2572:Hnatyshyn Award
2548:Catherine O'Hara
2532:Classical music
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2463:E. Noël Spinelli
2415:Classical music
2392:Hnatyshyn Award
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2326:Andrew Alexander
2306:Hnatyshyn Award
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2226:John D. McKellar
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2014:Anik Bissonnette
1995:Hnatyshyn Award
1933:Classical music
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1906:Earlaine Collins
1848:Classical music
1831:Denis Villeneuve
1825:Hnatyshyn Award
1801:Leslee Silverman
1740:Hnatyshyn Award
1696:Classical music
1692:Walter Homburger
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1607:George F. Walker
1601:Classical music
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1474:Classical music
1445:Richard Bradshaw
1439:Hnatyshyn Award
1411:Joysanne Sidimus
1401:Robbie Robertson
1350:Hnatyshyn Award
1306:Jackie Burroughs
1275:Hnatyshyn Award
1251:Veronica Tennant
1245:Classical music
1190:Hnatyshyn Award
1142:Douglas Campbell
1124:Classical music
1120:Pierrette Alarie
1101:Hnatyshyn Award
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933:Cirque du Soleil
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646:Hnatyshyn Award
612:Gordon Lightfoot
596:Classical music
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