demoTV - Kevin Clarke Debating

demoTV presents Kevin Clarke debating

Kevin Clarke is debating with the other candidates in the February 1st York-South Weston by-election in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.



Kevin became homeless in 1998, after his small auto business failed and he's lived on the street, literally, since then.Over the last nine years, Kevin has become one of the most recognized homeless people on Toronto's downtown streets. Kevin is a spreader of the faith that each person is a treasure, worthy of respect, love and housing. He preaches on abuse of authority, the role individuals can play in curbing the path of social decay through acceptance and the importance of homes rather than services that encourage dependency.






I still don't understand how people like Kevin survive sleeping outside for years and remain whole. I ask him to tell me in practical terms how he stayed warm and didn't get hurt or die. Although he makes references to the aches and pains he feels "day by day in his bones," likely an outcome of the years of cold and damp, Kevin says that his survival, both physical and emotional, depended on people who interacted with him as a person, offering him food, conversation, supplies and respect.


demoTV presents Kevin Clarke freestyling politics

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Kevin Clarke's moment of truth (The Debate)

Kevin Clarke, eccentric independent candidate, is finally allowed to participate in the by-election debate and has his moment after the audience becomes outraged by the police attempt to remove him from the stage and from the democratic political process.






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Kevin Clarke debating his right to debate
...with the police

Kevin Clarke, eccentric independent MPP candidate in the February 8 York South-Weston by-election, is debating his right to debate. The stakes are high, the police are called, and then Kevin takes the stage.



Today, Kevin is wearing his robes: a long, flowing white tunic, a shawl and a headdress with a yellow headband. When I ask him why, he flashes a huge grin and explains: first, because they are warm (it's still chilly out when we speak) and second, because when he encounters kids, it puts a smile on their face.



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Kevin Clarke is riding into his riding

Kevin Clarke, the eccentric independent MPP candidate, is riding into his riding to get 25 people to sign for him so he can run in the February 8 York South-Weston by-election.





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Kevin Clarke, the "Old Man" and the Pizza

Kevin Clarke, the eccentric independent MPP candidate in the February 8 by-election, is endorsing the Old Man Pizza, home of the hungry, feeders of the needy.