Sutcliffe: Gord Downie, Canada's secret mirror

Generations of Canadian writers, artists, performers have struggled with a fundamental question: Where do I situate my stories? Will I reach more people, have more impact, sell more copies if my experiential and geographical references are ambiguous or, more to the point, American? Do I take my Canadian narrative and transplant it to New York, California or some loosely defined Midwestern town?
Immune to such existential crises, Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip sang about Bobcaygeon, Millhaven