I was high school student council president in 1980, after running on a platform of monthly concerts – but only if students shelled out the cash – with bands such as Teenage Head, Goddo, and Max Webster. Rush was already too big by then so they weren’t returning to a high school in Brantford (and I’m not sure I would have wanted them to). As a resident of three countries, I can only vote in one – and I’m not sure I’m eligible to vote in Canada.

I remain inspired by the words of Tammy Metzler in the underrated movie, Election. And after a year away, America is, to me, becoming more and more of a deeply weird place.

But so is the rest of the world.