slave nags that master is not authoritative

[Jim Pazarena]

Jan-Piet Mens wrote, On 2011-11-23 12:21 AM:
>> I have 1 domain name
>>      citires.ca
>>
>> which my two slaves log that the master is "not authoritative" for
>
> Seen from here (.DE) the NS for citires.ca both refuse to answer
> queries, so they are indeed not authoritative:
>
>          $ dig @ns.qcislands.net. citires.ca ns
>
>          ;<<>>  DiG 9.6-ESV-R4-P3<<>>  @ns.qcislands.net. citires.ca ns

they aren't answering, because they refused to load the zone from the 
master saying it wasn't authoritative. So they have nothing to offer you.

I have them in the world view; along with about 60 other domains names. 
I am stumped!

Thanks for the reply.