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 John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Bill Blair · High Commissoner to the U.K., Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
International Trade to help expand Canadian trade internationally
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Ian Burke Cameron · Director of Strategy and Senior Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
International Trade to help expand Canadian trade internationally
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- John Hannaford · Prime Minister's Personal Envoy to the EU, Privy Council Office (PCO)
International Trade to help expand Canadian trade internationally
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Philip Jennings · Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Charles Vincent · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Alexandra Dostal · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
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) Read more
International Trade to help expand Canadian trade internationally
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- François-Philippe Champagne · Minister of Finance, Finance Canada (FIN)
- Varun Srivatsan · Deputy Director of Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
National Security Technologies and Solutions Read more
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
International Trade to help expand Canadian trade internationally
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Lisa Jorgensen · Senior Advisor, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
- Tim Krupa · Director of Policy, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
International Trade to help expand Canadian trade internationally Read more
National Security Technologies and Solutions
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Sophie Martel · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister and Defence Chief Technology Officer, National Defence (DND)
National Security Technologies and Solutions Read more
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
Discuss Canada's Defence and Procurement Strategies
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Jenna Sudds · Member of Parliament
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) Read more
International Trade to help expand Canadian trade internationally
Discuss Canada's Defence and Procurement Strategies
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Ian Burke Cameron · Director of Strategy and Senior Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
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) Read more
International Trade to help expand Canadian trade internationally
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Siobhan Harty · Senior Associate Deputy Minister, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Discuss Canada's Defence and Procurement Strategies
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Maninder Sidhu · Minister of International Trade, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Discuss Canada's Defence and Procurement Strategies Read more
International Trade to help expand Canadian trade internationally
National Security Technologies and Solutions
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Charles Vincent · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
International Trade to help expand Canadian trade internationally
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Ian Burke Cameron · Director of Strategy and Senior Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Government funding for private sector R&D technology projects Read more
International Trade to help expand Canadian trade internationally
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Kody Blois · Member of Parliament
International Trade to help expand Canadian trade internationally
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Ross Ermel · Assistant Deputy Minister, National Defence (DND)
International Trade to help expand Canadian trade internationally Read more
National Security Technologies and Solutions
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Philip Jennings · Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Charles Vincent · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Alexandra Dostal · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Trade Policy, with respect to BlackBerry market access issues experienced internationally, specifically tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers Read more
International Trade to help expand Canadian trade internationally
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Ian Cameron · Senior Advisor to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Trade Policy, with respect to BlackBerry market access issues experienced internationally, specifically tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers Read more
Strategic Innovation Fund, specifically application for funding for corporate R&D project
International Trade to help expand Canadian trade internationally
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Scott Jones · President, Shared Services Canada (SSC)
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 Read more
National Security Technologies and Solutions
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Mark Carney · Prime Minister, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
- Tim Krupa · Director of Policy, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Trade Policy, with respect to BlackBerry market access issues experienced internationally, specifically tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers Read more
National Security Technologies and Solutions
International Trade to help expand Canadian trade internationally
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- David Angell · Foreign & Defence Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister, Privy Council Office (PCO)
International Trade to help expand Canadian trade internationally Read more
National Security Technologies and Solutions
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Wilder Walker-Stewart · Director of Policy, Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
- Kabisan Thanendran · Policy Advisor, Minister of Government Transformation, Public Services and Procurement, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
National Security Technologies and Solutions Read more
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
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Trevor Bhupsingh · Assistant Deputy Minister, Emergency Management and Programs Branch, Public Safety Canada (PS)
National Security Technologies and Solutions Read more
Discuss public safety related initiatives including border security
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Wendy Hadwen · Assistant Deputy Minister, National Defence (DND)
National Security Technologies and Solutions Read more
International Trade to help expand Canadian trade internationally
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Ian Cameron · Senior Advisor to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
International Trade to help expand Canadian trade internationally Read more
National Security Technologies and Solutions
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Patrice Nadeau · Assistant Deputy Minister, Shared Services Canada (SSC)
National Security Technologies and Solutions
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.