Lobbying registration dated 2026-03-09
Registrant: John Giamatteo
Client: BlackBerry Limited
Targeted institutions:
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Shared Services Canada (SSC)
Transport Canada (TC)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Justice Canada (JC)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Export Development Canada (EDC)
House of Commons
National Defence (DND)
Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC)
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
National Research Council (NRC)
Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC)
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Bank of Canada
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Senate of Canada
Health Canada (HC)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Acts: Investment Canada Act
Government funding received:
Institution: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Amount: 15320257.00
Institution: Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Amount: 2650000.00
Lobbying activity details:
National Security Technologies and Solutions
Discuss public safety related initiatives including border security
Strategic Innovation Fund, specifically application for funding for corporate R&D project
Cybersecurity capacity development
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)
Intellectual property - specifically related to IP policies that encourage  private investment in development of technologies that support supply chain resiliency
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
Cybersecurity laws, policies and regulations
Government funding for private sector R&D technology projects
International Trade to help expand Canadian trade internationally
Investment Canada Act - specifically with respect to technologies
Trade Policy, with respect to BlackBerry market access issues experienced internationally, specifically tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers
Discuss Canada's Defence and Procurement Strategies