Not a huge fan, but I do very much dig several Hip songs. 
This is terribly sad. 
I have a feeling his "idea" of Canada mirrors my own, and it's much different than that of radical liberals' like Trudeau, etc. 
In the city in which I live, in the area I reside, it's just loads of ragheads. 
When their numbers creep high enough, Canada as Gord and myself know it will cease to be. 
Bummer news. From all reports, the man was a talented and likeable fella. 
I'll tell you this. When Kim Mitchell bites it, I'll be inconsolable. He's already recently suffered a heart attack.
My best wishes to Gord and his family and friends.