Canada government has no comment on private offer for BlackBerry

Reuters
The company logo is seen at the Blackberry campus in Waterloo, September 23, 2013. REUTERS/Mark Blinch

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Industry Minister James Moore on Monday declined to comment on a tentative deal to take struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd private. "We have no comment at this time," Moore spokeswoman Jessica Fletcher said in an e-mail. Separately, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty told reporters in Toronto that he did not comment on private business matters. He made the remark when pressed about news that a consortium led by Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd wanted to buy BlackBerry for $4.7 billion. (Reporting by David Ljunggren; Editing by Sandra Maler)