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)
- Sami Khoury · Government of Canada Senior Official for Cyber Security, Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
Cybersecurity laws, policies and regulations including Bill-C26 and Bill C-27
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Jason Easton · Strategic Advisor Special Projects, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
- Samriddhha Chaudhury · Writer and Communications Advisor, Prime Minister's Office, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
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)
- Jason Easton · Strategic Advisor Special Projects, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
International Trade to help expand Canadian trade internationally
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Sami Khoury · Government of Canada Senior Official for Cyber Security, Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
Cybersecurity laws, policies and regulations including Bill-C26 and Bill C-27
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Amitpal Singh · Senior Advisor to Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Government funding for private sector R&D technology projects 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)
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Scott Jones · President, Shared Services Canada (SSC)
- Caroline Xavier · Chief, Communications Security Establishment, Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
- Rajiv Gupta · Head, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
- Luc Gagnon · Chief Technology Officer, Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
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)
- Bita Pejam · Stakeholder Relations Manager, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
Industry
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Elie Kallab · Acting Director of Policy to the Minister, Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
Industry
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Nipun Vats · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Industry
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Patrick Boucher · Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, Public Safety Canada (PS)
National Security/Security
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Jean-Yves Duclos · Minister of Public Services and Procurement, Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Government ProcurementNational Security/Security
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Mélanie Joly · Minister of Foreign Affairs, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
International Trade
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Weldon Epp · Assistant Deputy Minister - Indo-Pacific, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
International Trade
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Jason Easton · Strategic Advisor Special Projects, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
IndustryInternational TradeNational Security/Security
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Daniel Rogers · Deputy National Security and Intelligence Advisor, Privy Council Office (PCO)
National Security/Security
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Rob Stewart · Deputy Minister of International Trade, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
IndustryInternational TradeNational Security/Security
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Peter Wilkinson · Chief of Staff, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
- Enkhjin Zorigtbaatar · Policy Advisor, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
IndustryInternational Trade
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Maireed Lavery · President, Export Development Canada (EDC)
- Dominic Mailhot · Senior Vice-President, Chief Digital Information Officer, Export Development Canada (EDC)
- Mohit Bahtla · Vice President, Head of Corporate Lending, Export Development Canada (EDC)
International Trade
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Michael Gort · Ambassador to Chile, Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
International TradeNational Security/Security
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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
- Conor Lewis · Parliamentary Affairs Advisor, Office of the Minister of Public Safety, Democratic Institutions, and Intergovernmental Affairs, Public Safety Canada (PS)
IndustryNational Security/Security
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Jaxson Khan · Sr Policy Advisor, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Laurel Chester · Senior Advisor, Office of the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Industry
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Colin Deacon · Senator, Senate of Canada
- David Dlab · Director of Parliamentary Affairs, Senate of Canada
Industry
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Sami Khoury · Head, Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, National Defence (DND)
Industry
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Brian Masse · Member of Parliament, House of Commons
Industry
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Reported by John Giamatteo · In-house (corporation)
- Francis Bilodeau · Associate Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Andrea Johnston · Assistant Deputy Minister, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
- Etienne-Rene Massie · Assistant Deputy Minister, 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.