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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.

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Corporation

BlackBerry Limited

Meetings this Parliament
86
With MPs
16
Since Nov 2021
350
Active registrations
1

Most recent reported meeting: Sep 29, 2026.

Registrations 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)
  • 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

Spreadsheet

Filed by John Giamatteo (208), John Chen (121), Richard Lynch (21).

  • Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)

    • Anita Anand · Minister of National Defense, National Defence (DND)

    National Security/Security

    Official report

  • Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)

    • Thomas Gagne · Director of Defence Procurement and Industry Relations, Office of the Honourable Anita Anand, National Defence (DND)

    National Security/Security

    Official report

  • Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)

    • Daniel Rogers · Associate Chief, Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)

    National Security/Security

    Official report

  • Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)

    • Rajiv Gupta · Assoicate Head, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)

    IndustryNational Security/Security

    Official report

  • Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)

    • Shawn Tupper · Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    • Tricia Geddes · Associate Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada (PS)

    IndustryNational Security/Security

    Official report

  • Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)

    • Janice Charette · Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet, Privy Council Office (PCO)

    Industry

    Official report

  • Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)

    • Husain Aboghodieh · Senior Policy Advisor, Office of the Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    Internal Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)

    • Mitch Davies · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Mark Schaan · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Industry

    Official report

  • Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)

    • Philippe Dufresne · Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)

    Privacy and Access to Information

    Official report

  • Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)

    • Sara Wilshaw · Chief Trade Commissioner, Assistant Deputy Minister, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    IndustryInternational Trade

    Official report

  • Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)

    • David Angell · NATO Permanent Representative for Canada, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    Government ProcurementNational Security/Security

    Official report

  • Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)

    • Eric Dagenais · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Spectrum and Telecommunications Sector, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    IndustryNational Security/SecurityTelecommunications

    Official report

  • Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)

    • Marta Morgan · Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

    International TradeNational Security/Security

    Official report

  • Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)

    • Rami Khoury · Head, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)

    IndustryNational Security/Security

    Official report

  • Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)

    IndustryNational Security/Security

    Official report

  • Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)

    Economic DevelopmentIndustryNational Security/Security

    Official report

  • Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)

    • Mark Schaan · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    IndustryPrivacy and Access to Information

    Official report

  • Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)

    • Catherine Luelo · Deputy Minister, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat and Chief Information Officer of Candaa, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
    • Kelly Acton · Assistant Deputy Minister, Digital Policy and Performance, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)

    IndustryNational Security/SecurityPrivacy and Access to Information

    Official report

  • Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)

    • Ben Chin · Senior Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    • Katie Telford · Chief of Staff, Office of the Prime Minister, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)

    Industry

    Official report

  • Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)

    • Shannon Archibald · Assistant Deputy Minister & Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Shared Services Canada (SSC)

    IndustryNational Security/Security

    Official report

  • Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)

    • Tracy Gray · Member of Parliament, House of Commons

    IndustryNational Security/Security

    Official report

  • Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)

    • Peter Opdam · Senior Policy Advisor to the Minister of Innovation Science and Industry, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)

    Industry

    Official report

  • Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)

    Industry

    Official report

  • Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)

    • Rob Jamieson · Senior Advisory, Office of the Minister of Public Safety, Public Safety Canada (PS)

    National Security/Security

    Official report

  • Reported by John Chen · In-house (corporation)

    • Jason Smedvik · Parliamentary Assistant, Office of the Honourable Jim Carr, House of Commons

    IndustryNational Security/Security

    Official report

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.