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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 Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)

    • Stephen Fuhr · Secretary of State for Defence Procurement, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
    National Security Technologies and Solutions Read more

    Discuss Canada's Defence and Procurement Strategies

    Official report

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

    • Philip Jennings · Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Jean-Francois Courtois · Executive Director - Strategic Innovation Fund, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Strategic Innovation Fund, specifically application for funding for corporate R&D project

    Official report

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

    • Patrick Boucher · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister for the National and Cyber Security Branch, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    • Shannon Grainger · Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    • Tricia Geddes · Associate Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    Discuss public safety related initiatives including border security Read more

    National Security Technologies and Solutions

    Official report

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

    • Dominic Rochon · Chief Information Officer, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
    • Caroline Xavier · Chief, Communications Security Establishment, Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
    • Scott Jones · President, Shared Services Canada (SSC)
    • Daniel Rogers · Director, Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
    National Security Technologies and Solutions

    Official report

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

    • Kevin Brosseau · Fentanyl Czar, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    Discuss public safety related initiatives including border security Read more

    National Security Technologies and Solutions

    Official report

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

    • Ross Ermel · Assistant Deputy Minister, National Defence (DND)
    • Sophie Martel · Associate Assistant Deputy Minister Digital Services and Defence Chief Technology Officer, National Defence (DND)
    National Security Technologies and Solutions Read more

    Discuss Canada's Defence and Procurement Strategies

    Official report

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

    • Tiana Thomas · Senior Special Assistant Operations to the Minister of Industry, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    • Paul Moen · Chief of Staff, 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

    Official report

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

    • Oz Jungic · Senior Advisor, Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    National Security Technologies and Solutions Read more

    Discuss Canada's Defence and Procurement Strategies

    Official report

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

    • Taras Zalusky · Chief of Staff to Minister of Defence, National Defence (DND)
    National Security Technologies and Solutions Read more

    Discuss Canada's Defence and Procurement Strategies

    Official report

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

    • Arianne Reza · Deputy Minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
    • Marc Brouillard · CIO and ADM Digital Services Branch, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
    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

    Discuss Canada's Defence and Procurement Strategies

    Official report

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

    • Mary-Rose Brown · Chief of Staff, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
    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

    Official report

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

    • Wendy Hadwen · Assistant Deputy Minister, National Defence (DND)
    Discuss Canada's Defence and Procurement Strategies Read more

    National Security Technologies and Solutions

    Official report

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

    • Daniel Mills · Associate Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    Discuss public safety related initiatives including border security Read more

    National Security Technologies and Solutions

    Official report

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

    • Daniel Mills · Associate Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    Discuss public safety related initiatives including border security

    Official report

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

    • Sami Khoury · Government of Canada Senior Official for Cyber Security, Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
    National Security Technologies and Solutions

    Official report

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

    • Wendy Hadwen · Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy – Industry, National Defence (DND)
    Discuss Canada's Defence and Procurement Strategies

    Official report

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

    • Bill Blair · Minister of National Defence, National Defence (DND)
    • Wendy Hadwen · Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy – Industry, National Defence (DND)
    • Sami Khoury · Government of Canada Senior Official for Cyber Security, Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
    Government funding for private sector R&D technology projects Read more

    National Security Technologies and Solutions

    Discuss Canada's Defence and Procurement Strategies

    Official report

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

    • Kevin Brosseau · Canada’s Fentanyl Czar, Privy Council Office (PCO)
    Discuss public safety related initiatives including border security

    Official report

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

    • Rajiv Gupta · Head, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
    National Security Technologies and Solutions Read more

    Discuss Canada's Defence and Procurement Strategies

    Official report

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

    • Rob Jamieson · Senior Advisor to the Minister of Public Safety, Public Safety Canada (PS)
    Discuss public safety related initiatives including border security

    Official report

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

    • Jason Easton · Strategic Advisor Special Projects, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
    Discuss public safety related initiatives including border security

    Official report

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

    • Philip Jennings · Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
    Intellectual property - specifically related to IP policies that encourage private investment in development of technologies that support supply chain resiliency Read more

    Strategic Innovation Fund, specifically application for funding for corporate R&D project

    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)

    Official report

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

    • Caroline Xavier · Chief, Communications Security Establishment, Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
    • Daniel Rogers · Director, Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
    National Security Technologies and Solutions

    Official report

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

    • Caroline Xavier · Chief, Communications Security Establishment, Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
    • Rajiv Gupta · Head, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
    • Robyn Hulan · Chief Transformation Officer, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
    • Kristin Brunner · Assistant Deputy Minister, Digital Services, Shared Services Canada (SSC)
    and 2 more
    • Wendy Hadwen · Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy – Industry, National Defence (DND)
    • Peter Littlefield · Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
    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

    Discuss Canada's Defence and Procurement Strategies

    Official report

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

    • Daniel Rogers · Director, Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
    National Security Technologies and Solutions

    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.