{"id":639257,"date":"2026-04-30T20:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/639257\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T20:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T20:00:09","slug":"longueuil-mayor-attends-council-meeting-with-10-day-old-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/639257\/","title":{"rendered":"Longueuil mayor attends council meeting with 10-day-old baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Catherine Fournier\u00a0returned to work Tuesday night, attending a municipal council meeting just 10 days after giving birth, with her newborn son in her arms.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor of\u00a0Longueuil\u00a0joined the session by videoconference, introducing baby Henri at the start of the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m really proud to be with you tonight, with Henri, 10 days old,\u201d she said, noting it was his first council meeting \u201cand certainly not the last.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fournier used the moment to highlight improvements to work-family balance that allow elected officials to participate remotely, making it easier for new parents to remain active in their roles.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, she shared on social media that her son was \u201cvery ready for his first city council tonight.\u201d In a photo, Henri wore a onesie reading, \u201cMy mom is the mother of Longueuil,\u201d a likely gift from colleagues.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Catherine-Fournier-baby-1-572x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Screenshot of Catherine Fournier\u2019s baby wearing onesie that says \u201d My mom is the mayor of Longueuil\u201d. (Courtesy: Instagram\/Catherine Fournier)<\/p>\n<p>The mayor had announced his birth on April 19, drawing strong public reaction online. Less than two weeks later, Henri has already made his first appearance at city hall, virtually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Catherine Fournier\u00a0returned to work Tuesday night, attending a municipal council meeting just 10 days after giving birth, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":639258,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-639257","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\/639257","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=639257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/639257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/639258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=639257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=639257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=639257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}