ns2.protected.ca has no CNAME records.
Question and response
Question
dig ns2.protected.ca. NS
Answer
The response has no answer records.
Authority
protected.ca. 2456 SOA ns1.protected.ca. hostmaster.protected.ca. 2026020541 3600 900 1209600 3600
Additional
. 0 OPT ; payload 1232, xrcode 0, version 0, flags 0