国产诱惑福利

An interim head of finance has been appointed and "the transition is progressing smoothly,鈥� port authority spokeswoman Ren茅e Larouche said in an email.

The authority announced earlier this month that chief executive Julie Gascon had left her role, barely two years into her tenure and with little apparent warning. A news release offered neither explanation nor thanks 鈥� a formality typically granted executives, even for exits made under duress.

The CEO's departure followed that of the port's chief commercial officer last month. It also came just one week before Prime Minister Mark Carney broke ground on a long-planned expansion at the port, adding to the sense of abruptness.

Alexandra Langelier, executive vice-president at the Institute for the Governance of Private and Public Organizations, said the sudden executive departures have left the organization in "crisis management" as it scrambles to fill the gaps.

鈥淚t鈥檚 very difficult to recruit somebody that could do this role. It takes time and it takes a succession plan. And for the CEO, we understand that there was no succession plan, because the board stepped in to manage.鈥�

The moves comes after a half-decade of lagging shipping container volumes at the facility, which has seen multiple labour strikes since 2020.

However, container volumes last year ticked up significantly for the first time since 2021, increasing at a rate of 3.6 per cent to outpace global trade growth projections for the year, according to the port authority.

For now, a committee made up of board members will helm the port in collaboration with senior management, the authority said on April 3, when the chief executive stepped down.

Board chairwoman Nathalie Pilon said the authority was entering a 鈥渘ew strategic cycle,鈥� pointing to construction begun this month on the container terminal expansion. The new site at Contrecoeur, just downriver from Montreal, is the first so-called nation-building project fast-tracked for approval by the federal government to get off the ground.

Langelier said the board committee should be a "very short-term solution" for the leadership vacuum created by the outbound executives.

"They left and there's a huge, huge project right now," she said.

"I have big questions ... Is there an issue with the board? Maybe it could be strategic vision. But it could within the organization, it could be the culture. We don't know."

The port authority said in an email it has the situation in hand.

"Our governance structure provides for succession mechanisms in situations like this to ensure operational continuity," Larouche said.

This report by 国产诱惑福利 was first published April 13, 2026.