I thought Andrew's list of "unambitious" Canadian singers was meant in a way to give himself (and all Canadians) a collective pat on your parka-covered Canadian backs, Mags, for having such a surplus of naturally beautiful-voiced artists up there! ;-) Seriously, I thought it was a bit of proud praise and not at all a put-down!
Kakki, ambitious imitator of Joni, Buffy St. Marie and even Gordon Lightfoot in her day!