Corporation
BlackBerry Limited
- Meetings this Parliament
- 86
- With MPs
- 16
- Since Nov 2021
- 350
- Active registrations
- 1
Most recent reported meeting: Sep 29, 2026.
Lobbying by BlackBerry Limited: its registrations, its lobbyists, the bills it has named and every meeting it has reported with federal office holders since November 2021.
← LobbyingRegistrations in effect
In-house (corporation) In effect since Sep 8, 2026 Receives government funding
Filed by John Giamatteo, Chief Executive Officer
Lobbyists
- John Giamatteo · Chief Executive Officer
- John de Boer · Senior Director, Government Affairs and Public Policy
- Phil Kurtz · Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary
Institutions they may lobby: Bank of Canada, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), Canadian Heritage (PCH), Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC), Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), Export Development Canada (EDC), Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev), Finance Canada (FIN), Global Affairs Canada (GAC), Health Canada (HC), House of Commons, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED), Justice Canada (JC), National Defence (DND), National Research Council (NRC), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC), Prime Minister's Office (PMO), Privy Council Office (PCO), Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), Public Safety Canada (PS), Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC), Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), Senate of Canada, Shared Services Canada (SSC), Transport Canada (TC), Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
What they're lobbying on (13)Hide details
- Strategic Response Fund, specifically application for funding for corporate R&D project
- Cybersecurity capacity development
- Discuss public safety related initiatives including border security
- Cybersecurity laws, policies and regulations
- National Security Technologies and Solutions
- International Trade to help expand Canadian trade internationally
- Trade Policy, with respect to BlackBerry market access issues experienced internationally, specifically tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers
- Investment Canada Act - specifically with respect to technologies
- Intellectual property - specifically related to IP policies that encourage private investment in development of technologies that support supply chain resiliency
- Innovation - discussions regarding the Canadian government's Innovation Agenda; including programs government may be considering to foster innovation in the Canadian ICT industry (e.g. skills & training, centres of excellence, R&D funding and incentives, government use of technology)
- Government Procurement - specifically Government priorities and role for private industry in helping to achieve government objectives - e.g. remote work, IT modernization, innovation and R&D intensive products, and crisis communications
- Government funding for private sector R&D technology projects
- Discuss Canada's Defence and Procurement Strategies
Registration 956685-5685-62. Look it up in the official Registry
Reported meetings
SpreadsheetFiled by John Giamatteo (208), John Chen (121), Richard Lynch (21).
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Reported by Richard Lynch · In-house (corporation)
- Meghan Pritchard · Director of Planning and Tour, Office of the Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
- Samir Kassam · Policy Advisor / Issues Manager, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
IndustryInternational Trade
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Reported by Richard Lynch · In-house (corporation)
- Oz Jungic · Senior Advisor, Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
IndustryInternal Trade
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Reported by Richard Lynch · In-house (corporation)
- Justin Trudeau · Prime Minister of Canada, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
- Katie Telford · Chief of Staff, Office of the Prime Minister, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
- Kate VanGerven · Strategic Advisor Planning, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
- Jason Easton · Senior Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
IndustryInternal Trade
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Reported by Richard Lynch · In-house (corporation)
- Jason Easton · Senior Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
IndustryInternal Trade
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Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)
- Mark Schaan · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Industry
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Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)
- Oz Jungic · Senior Advisor, Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Industry
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Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)
- Kevin Coon · Chief of Staff, Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Industry
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Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)
- Oz Jungic · Senior Advisor, Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Industry
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Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)
- Oz Jungic · Senior Advisor, Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Industry
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Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)
- Kevin Cook · Chief of Staff, Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Industry
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Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)
- Oz Jungic · Senior Advisor, Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Industry
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Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)
- Oz Jungic · Senior Advisor, Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Industry
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Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)
- Oz Jungic · Senior Advisor, Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Industry
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Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)
- Lesley Sherben · Deputy Chief of Staff, Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Industry
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Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)
- Jim Kapches · Senior Policy Advisor, Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
- Oz Jungic · Senior Advisor, Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Industry
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Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)
- Jennifer O'Connell · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
Industry
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Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)
- Thomas Gagne · Director of Defence Procurement and Industry Relations, National Defence (DND)
Industry
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Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)
- Lesley Sherban · Deputy Chief of Staff to the Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Industry
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Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)
- Lesley Sherban · Deputy Chief of Staff to the Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
- Kevin Koon · Chief of Staff to the Minister of Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Industry
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Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)
- Mark Schaan · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Industry
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Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)
- François-Philippe Champagne · Minister of Innovation, Sciences and Economic Development, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Jaxson Khan · Senior Policy Advisor to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Industry
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Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)
- Jaxson Khan · Senior Policy Advisor to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Industry
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Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)
- Jaxson Khan · Senior Policy Advisor to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Industry
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Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)
- Justin Trudeau · Prime Minister of Canada, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
- Chrystia Freeland · Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Finance Canada (FIN)
IndustryNational Security/Security
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Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)
- Jaxson Khan · Senior Policy Advisor to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Industry
From the Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying's open data, published November 5, 2026. Reports cover oral, arranged meetings with designated public office holders since November 22, 2021; lobbyists file them by the 15th of the following month. Names of MPs are matched to the current House of Commons, and bills are linked when the lobbyist's own description makes clear which bill it means. Contains information licensed under the Open Data Licence Agreement — Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying. Licence. PolitiKit is independent and is not endorsed by the Commissioner of Lobbying.