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Christopher Saccoccia, widely referred to as Chris Sky, is a Canadian
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known for his involvement in the
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, anti-lockdown,
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and
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movements during the
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. Saccoccia faces a number of legal issues and criminal charges including for allegations of uttering
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against Ontario Premier
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and other public figures and for assault of a police officer, among others. Saccoccia ran for
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in the 2023 by-election, placing ninth.


Early life

Saccoccia is the son of
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developer, and owner of Sky Homes Corp, Art Saccoccia.


Career

Saccoccia is the Vice President of his father's company, Sky Homes Corp.


Opposition to COVID-19 public health measures

Saccoccia believes that public health measures are unconstitutional, and violate human rights. He refers to his group's activities as a "freedom convoy" and attends rallies across Canada, dubbed "freedom rallies", meeting with groups of people at each event, and encourages them to engage in
civil disobedience Civil disobedience is the active and professed refusal of a citizenship, citizen to obey certain laws, demands, orders, or commands of a government (or any other authority). By some definitions, civil disobedience has to be nonviolent to be cal ...
against allegedly tyrannical public health measures, which he calls "united non-compliance." In 2020, Saccoccia founded a group known as "Mothers Against Distancing" and "Hugs Over Masks" following the outbreak of COVID-19 in Canada, protesting the public health measures introduced by the
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and
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. During the summer of 2021, Saccoccia joined an Italian online movement against lockdown and COVID's prevention measures called ''Mattonisti'' by putting a brick emoji after his Twitter's account name. The movement is allegedly responsible for manipulating Twitter's tendencies by pushing certain movement's slogans as hashtags, although the movement's leader deny that they have an agenda and affirm they are only an online friends group.


Opposition to face masks

Saccoccia believes that mask regulations such as one introduced by the
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amount to a violation of human rights. He and his supporters distributed fake mask-exemption cards. In response, the
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discouraged the use of the fake cards, Ontario premier
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and
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warned that Saccoccia's group were "scammers", and confirmed the cards were fraudulent. In July 2020, Saccoccia and 40 activists from his Hugs Over Masks group entered a
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(TTC) subway station without masks to protest the introduction of a mask by-law on the TTC, again claiming an exemption. Soccoccia does not believe the use of face masks is an effective method of preventing the spread of
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. He founded the Mothers Against Distancing group to protest the use of masks at schools, stating the children are "in a constant state of anxiety and fear, so there's no way they'll learn anything". Saccoccia attempted to start a private school, known as "Private-On-Demand Education Inc." without masks and public health measures, arguing that he can " rotectand save countless children from the government that is attempting to harm them psychologically and socially condition them for a life of fear and compliance." The psychotherapist who provided Saccoccia and his wife with mask exemptions, Mary Elizabeth O’Connor, is one of four Ontario doctors under investigation for professional misconduct in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic and her completion of medical exemptions for COVID-19 vaccinations and diagnostic testing by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Saccoccia can be heard stating which doctor gave him the exemption while in a public video he posted to his Telegram account from the day he and his wife were detained by West Edmonton Mall security for failing to obey a no trespass order on Saturday December 4, 2021. The
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suspended Dr O'Connor on 23 December 2021.


Vaccines

Saccoccia is
anti-vaccine Anti-vaccine activism, which collectively constitutes the "anti-vax" movement, is a set of organized activities expressing opposition to vaccination, and these Social networking, collaborating networks have often sought to increase vaccine h ...
and promotes
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. He opposes
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and
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being used during the Canadian COVID-19 vaccine rollout.


Political views

Saccoccia said in late 2020 that he believed that Canadian government was moving toward
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, and that a new political party would be unveiled in the new year. Saccoccia informed followers to attend election rallies in protest against Canadian Prime Minister
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during the
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. In 2021 he supported the Republican Party of Canada. In 2022, Saccoccia suggested that the
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was justified and suggested Ukrainians were open to their Russian invaders. He connected
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with his views on both the
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and the invasion of Ukraine. Saccoccia suggested the
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was justified as
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was always Russian property. He also suggested the Ukraine biolabs conspiracy theory was true and made fun of
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's acting career. After the resignation of Toronto Mayor
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, Saccoccia announced he intends to be a candidate for
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in the 2023 mayoral by-election. He received 1.1 percent of the ballots, finishing ninth, and claimed the election results were fraudulent.


Arrests

Saccoccia, along with his wife and other followers of his loosely organized group have been arrested multiple times over the course of the
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. Saccoccia and his wife were charged under the '' Quarantine Act'' on October 6, 2020. The pair had returned from an anti-mask event in
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on September 20, 2020, and had been spotted at a Toronto anti-mask event the following week. They were the first people in
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to be criminally charged under the act. Saccoccia later travelled to
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for planned rallies and on October 9, 2020, the
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(RCMP) arrested him following a disturbance on his flight into
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,
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. He was scheduled to attend an event in Halifax,
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on October 11, however he was escorted back to the airport and took a flight leaving the region. On January 24, 2021, Saccoccia was charged with being a common nuisance and four counts of public mischief following an anti-mask event in Toronto. At Toronto Pearson Airport on April 6, 2021, Saccoccia discovered he had been placed on the Passenger Protect list (commonly referred to as the Canadian
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) after
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declined to allow him onto a flight to attend anti-mask events in
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. On April 18, 2021, Saccoccia was then arrested by the Thunder Bay Police Service after an organized gathering. He was charged with breach of undertaking under the ''
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'', and was released the following Tuesday with a future court date. On April 29, 2021, the province of
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announced it would issue Saccoccia with two $1,296 fines, following his attendance at a rally at The Forks in
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on April 25. On May 12, 2021, Saccoccia was alleged to have told fellow anti-mask advocate Rob Carbone that he wished to shoot and kill him and
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along with every premier in Canada. The incident was reported to the
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on May 19, and a police constable attended his residence in King to effect an arrest. Saccoccia entered a car, drove towards the officer and fled. He later turned himself in at Toronto Police 53 Division and was charged with uttering death threats, assaulting a police officer, and dangerous operation of a vehicle. On August 24, 2021, Saccoccia was arrested in Winnipeg, Manitoba, following a rally at the
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. The
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stated that they arrested Saccoccia on a warrant for contravention of the ''Public Health Act'' that was issued in May, as he had violated Manitoba's self-isolation requirements for people entering the province, and attended an anti-mask rally that violated restrictions that limited outdoor gatherings to a maximum of ten people. Following his release, his bail hearing was set for October 5, 2021. On September 10, 2021, Saccoccia was arrested in
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for breach of undertaking. On September 26, 2021, Saccoccia organized a protest at Yonge-Dundas Square in
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. He encouraged his followers to go to businesses unmasked and unvaccinated. Two other protesters were arrested by Toronto Police following an attempted storming of the
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. On November 7, 2021, in
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, Saccoccia was arrested by the
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and charged with mischief after encouraging his supporters to drive extremely slowly around airports in an attempt to block traffic to arrivals areas. On November 18, 2021, Saccoccia was arrested by
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security for trespassing. On December 4, 2021, Saccoccia, dressed as
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, was arrested in
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at a
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in West Edmonton Mall during a protest. He was arrested on outstanding warrants including uttering threats and public mischief along with his wife regarding an injunction banning both from the mall. A third individual, Zeeshan Ahmed (self proclaimed Dr. Zee) was also arrested for breaching the injunction. On June 13, 2023, after turning himself in at the Toronto Police Service's 53 division, Saccoccia was arrested for uttering death threats to cause death or bodily harm. Before his arrest, Saccoccia posted on Twitter, blaming the “deep state” conspiracy as the reason behind his decision to surrender to police. He claimed it would be the 27th time he had been arrested and his 73rd criminal charge.


Controversies

According to
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posted in a piece on Saccoccia by the
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, he has engaged online in rhetoric regarding
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and
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, anti-black
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,
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,
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and
transphobia Transphobia consists of negative attitudes, feelings, or actions towards transgender or transsexual people, or transness in general. Transphobia can include fear, aversion, hatred, violence or anger towards people who do not conform to socia ...
. In April 2021, Saccoccia was removed from
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for violating community standards. A spokesperson for
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(Instagram's parent company) said: "We will not tolerate content on our platform about COVID-19 that could lead to harm, including harmful vaccine misinformation and content promoting widely debunked hoaxes." In December 2021, Saccoccia was suspended from
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for breaching the site's community standards. He has also been suspended from
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and Facebook. Following his arrest in Thunder Bay, Saccocia and his associates demanded free food at a restaurant in Sault Ste. Marie. When the owner declined, the group began to leave negative online reviews at the business. The Forks Market in Winnipeg closed its doors on April 25, 2021, in response to safety concerns caused by Saccocia's group during a rally. A pharmacy in
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, also closed the previous day as a result of the group moving through the town. In
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in October 2021, Saccoccia organized a rally that surpassed more than 1,000 people in attendance. Local businesses were advised to close, with some saying that staff had been harassed during a previous Saccocia rally in the district.


Personal life

Saccoccia lives in
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, in the Region of York with his wife, Jennifer Saccoccia.


See also

*
Vaccine hesitancy Vaccine hesitancy is a delay in acceptance, or refusal of vaccines despite availability and supporting evidence. The term covers refusals to vaccinate, delaying vaccines, accepting vaccines but remaining uncertain about their use, or using ce ...
*
Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic During the COVID-19 pandemic, face masks or coverings, including N95 respirator, N95, FFP standards#FFP2 mask, FFP2, surgical mask, surgical, and Cloth face mask, cloth masks, have been employed as public and personal health control measures ag ...
* COVID-19 misinformation in Canada


References


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