Ian Capstick Facebook posting (2018.03.21):

March 20, 2018

To the Power & Politics viewers & Live 88.5
listeners:

I’m pleased to announce my retirement from
partisan commentary.

Presenting my true self on television and radio
has always been a priority over politics and in
recent years as I’ve disengaged from partisan
politics and begun working directly with
communities, moving away from the NDP play-book
and talking points meant I often presented ideas
the party could never be comfortable with.

My politics, like most Canadians, isn’t fully
reflected in the current political party
structure. My views on some issues are much more
progressive than the NDP and on other issues more
conservative than the CPC.

But, there is more to than that.

Since University, I’ve been able to effectively
manage my Attention Deficit Disorder by creating
systems and relentlessly pursuing goals. I was
able to turn my condition into an asset. I felt
like ADD was like a superpower.

However, over the past year some awkward
encounters and some very kind friends have helped
me realize that I allowed my ADD to deteriorate
and that at the root of many of these issues is
the very debate, conflict and disagreement that is
at the heart of partisan politics.

I am incredibly grateful for the privilege of
commenting for the CBC on the weekly political
news in Ottawa. Over hundreds of episodes I’ve
been challenged and debated some of Canada’s best
minds and been supported by the country’s best
journalists. I will remain Power & Politics
biggest cheerleader as the new host takes over.
The listeners of Live 88.5 know a slightly
different voice, I have immensely enjoyed teasing
Tim and having a blast each week with Amal, Andrew
and Dave.

The biggest lesson I’ve learned in nine years at
this is: politics isn’t a sport and it isn’t war.
No matter how many times pundits reach for these
cliches, we always come up empty.