MBiz BREAKFAST SERIES

Breakfast Recaps

Read all about our 2025 MBiz Breakfasts.

Advancing Northern Development Through Collaboration

For Rebecca Chartrand, Canada’s Minister of Northern and Arctic Affairs, Manitoba’s opportunity in critical minerals and northern development depends on coordination, predictability, and meaningful partnership with First Nations. Speaking at a Manitoba Chambers of Commerce breakfast event, Chartrand outlined why regulatory clarity, aligned governments, and early community engagement are essential to positioning Manitoba as a competitive, top-tier mining jurisdiction. Read more

Manitoba Looks North

For Manitoba’s business community, the future of trade and growth increasingly points north. At MCC’s MBiz Breakfast, Gateway to Growth: Canada’s Arctic Trade Corridor, leaders heard how renewed investment in the Port of Churchill and the Hudson Bay Railway can strengthen Manitoba’s role in Arctic trade, reconciliation, and national connectivity. Featuring keynote remarks from Arctic Gateway Group CEO Chris Avery and a panel on northern partnerships, the breakfast underscored how infrastructure, collaboration, and Indigenous leadership are shaping Manitoba’s next chapter. Read more

You Gotta Sweat the Small Stuff Manitoba Looks North

For Wade Miller, President and CEO of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, championship success is built by putting fans first—one at a time, every time. Speaking at the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce’s Breakfast of Champions on September 23, Miller shared how attention to culture, authenticity, and community has helped transform the Blue Bombers into a flagship CFL franchise, and why those lessons matter well beyond football. Read more

Ministers’ Dinner and MBiz Breakfast with the Premier: Two Sold-Out Events Lead to Invaluable Engagement 

More than 700 business leaders, chamber representatives and government officials from across the province made valuable connections and heard inspiring observations at two of the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce’s most popular annual events: the MBiz Breakfast featuring the Honourable Wab Kinew, Premier of Manitoba, and our members-only Ministers’ Dinner. Read more

2025 Provincial Budget Insights with Focus on Boosting Productivity

More than 300 business leaders from across Manitoba joined us on Friday, March 21 for one of the most anticipated events of the year: the MBiz Breakfast – 2025 Provincial Budget Review, featuring Minister of Finance Hon. Adrien Sala, held annually the morning after Budget Day. Read more

Blueprint for Success Includes Trust, Leadership and Reliability

For John Bockstael, Chair of Bockstael Construction – the keynote speaker at the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce’s second event in our MBiz Breakfast of Champions series on March 20 – the key to being successful in Manitoba comes down to building lasting relationships, building trust, building a strong leadership team, and building a reputation of reliability. Read more

Canada Needs to Go All-In on Trade

At our MBiz Breakfast on February 5, Canadian Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Candace Laing echoed our call to reduce trade barriers between provinces, drop red tape and cut taxes to allow businesses to better diversify and compete globally – along with calling for Parliament to reconvene in Ottawa. Read more