Junos head says org faces ‘complicated’ questions around Buffy Sainte-Marie’s awards – CHCH
February 12, 2025
TORONTO — The head of the Juno Awards says he’s not rushing to decide the fate of Buffy Sainte-Marie’s many honours with the music organization, even after it was confirmed last week that she was stripped of her Order of Canada.
Allan Reid, the CEO of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, said internal discussions are ongoing with the Indigenous Music Advisory Committee at the Junos, but that coming to a decision has proven to be “complicated.”
“We said from the very beginning that as much as CARAS will make a decision, it needs to be fully informed by the Indigenous music community,” Reid told The Canadian Press in an interview Tuesday.
