{"id":584343,"date":"2026-04-05T18:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T18:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/584343\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T18:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T18:57:09","slug":"montreal-port-authority-ceo-julie-gascon-out-of-role-after-less-than-two-years-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/584343\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Port Authority CEO Julie Gascon out of role after less than two years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MONTREAL \u2014 Julie Gascon has left her role as president and CEO of the Montreal Port Authority, which manages the largest container port in Eastern Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The authority, which operates the inland port linking Canada to global markets via the St. Lawrence River, says her departure comes after she took on the role in early 2024.<\/p>\n<p>In a short statement issued on its website on Friday, the port authority said her departure was effective that day.<\/p>\n<p>Her departure comes as port management has been stressing the urgency of a major expansion project, even as cargo volumes have declined in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The release did not state the reason for her departure.<\/p>\n<p>The organization says it will ensure an orderly transition as it moves forward during a recruitment process to replace Gascon.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 5, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MONTREAL \u2014 Julie Gascon has left her role as president and CEO of the Montreal Port Authority, which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-584343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}