Fournier and the students groups settled a deal in April 2005 which included involvement from the federal government and its bursary program.

On November 17, 2009, it was announced Fournier would join the Office of the Leader of the Opposition, Michael Ignatieff, as principal secretary.

[1] On August 9, 2010 it was announced that Fournier would run in a by-election in the district of Saint-Laurent to replace Jacques Dupuis, who was retiring from provincial politics.

[2] Two days later, Fournier was appointed the Minister of Justice and the Reform of Democratic Institutions by Premier Jean Charest as part of a wider cabinet shuffle, despite his not yet holding a seat in the National Assembly.

After student groups vowed civil disobedience to oppose the law, Fournier declared the practice "a nice word for vandalism.