Apex domains cannot have CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig iristelx.ca. NS
Answer
iristelx.ca. 5 NS pdns104.ultradns.biz.
iristelx.ca. 5 NS pdns104.ultradns.net.
iristelx.ca. 5 NS pdns104.ultradns.com.
iristelx.ca. 5 NS pdns104.ultradns.org.
Authority
The response has no authority records.
Additional
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0