[6] He subsequently worked as a lecturer at the University of Alberta's Campus Saint-Jean and as a journalist and political commentator for Radio-Canada and Les Affaires.

[6] Upon being sworn in as an MP, Boissonnault was named Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage.

On July 14, 2021, he was acclaimed as the Edmonton Centre Liberal candidate for the next Canadian federal election.

Boissonnault was part owner of Global Health Imports (GHI), a medical supply company.

He is currently under a probe by the House ethics committee, and the afformentioned business partner is under police investigation.