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)
- Patrick Boucher · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister for the National and Cyber Security Branch, Public Safety Canada (PS)
Cybersecurity laws, policies and regulations including Bill-C26 and Bill C-27 Read more
National Security Technologies and Solutions
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Stephanie Tanton · Assistant Deputy Minister Strategy and Innovation Policy Sector, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Strategic Innovation Fund, specifically application for funding for corporate R&D project
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Yianni Papadatos · Senior Policy Advisor to the Minister of Finance, Finance Canada (FIN)
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)
- Rob Jamieson · Senior Advisor to the Minister of Public Safety, Public Safety Canada (PS)
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
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Brandan Rowe · Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Policy, Finance Canada (FIN)
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)
- Mélanie Joly · Minister of Foreign Affairs, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
- Cory Pike · Chief of Staff to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
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)
- David J. McGuinty · Minister of Public Safety, Public Safety Canada (PS)
- Tricia Geddes · Associate Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada (PS)
National Security Technologies and Solutions
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Tricia Geddes · Associate Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada (PS)
National Security Technologies and Solutions
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Rob Jamieson · Senior Advisor to the Minister of Public Safety, Public Safety Canada (PS)
National Security Technologies and Solutions
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Jason Easton · Strategic Advisor Special Projects, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Trade Policy, with respect to BlackBerry market access issues experienced internationally, specifically tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Jason Easton · Strategic Advisor Special Projects, 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
International Trade to help expand Canadian trade internationally
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Rob Jamieson · Senior Advisor to the Minister of Public Safety, Public Safety Canada (PS)
National Security Technologies and Solutions
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Maja Kostic · Senior Policy Advisor, Finance Canada (FIN)
National Security Technologies and Solutions
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Nathalie G. Drouin · National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, Privy Council Office (PCO)
National Security Technologies and Solutions
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Jason Easton · Strategic Advisor Special Projects, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
National Security Technologies and Solutions
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Daniel Rogers · Director, Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
Cybersecurity laws, policies and regulations including Bill-C26 and Bill C-27 Read more
Discuss Canada's Defence and Procurement Strategies
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Martin Joyal · Acting Assistant Deputy Minister, Policy, Planning and Priorities, Public Safety Canada (PS)
Cybersecurity laws, policies and regulations including Bill-C26 and Bill C-27 Read more
Discuss Canada's Defence and Procurement Strategies
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Alexandra Dostal · enior Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategy and Innovation Policy Sector, 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
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Conor Lewis · Senior Parliamentary Affairs Advisor, Office of the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Public Safety Canada (PS)
Cybersecurity laws, policies and regulations including Bill-C26 and Bill C-27 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)
- 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
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Ian Foucher · Chief of Staff to Minister of Innovation, Science adn Industry, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Strategic Innovation Fund, specifically application for funding for corporate R&D project Read more
Government funding for private sector R&D technology projects
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)
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Patrick Boucher · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada (PS)
- Daniel Mills · Associate Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada (PS)
Cybersecurity laws, policies and regulations including Bill-C26 and Bill C-27
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Enkhjin Zorigtbaatar · Policy Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
International Trade to help expand Canadian trade internationally
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Patrick Boucher · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada (PS)
Cybersecurity laws, policies and regulations including Bill-C26 and Bill C-27
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Jennifer O'Connell · Member of Parliament and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs Cybersecurity, House of Commons
Cybersecurity laws, policies and regulations including Bill-C26 and Bill C-27
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.