Upon graduating from St. Peter Catholic High School, he attended the University of Ottawa to pursue a bachelor's degree in political science.

[6] Prior to being elected as a councillor, Blais served as an Ottawa Catholic School Board Trustee for Orléans-Cumberland.

[7][8] As part of his election campaign, Blais promised to donate the pay raise trustees voted for themselves.

[9] In 2006, Blais endowed a bursary at Carleton University for high school students from Orleans, Ontario.

[10] In 2010, Blais was elected the city councillor for Cumberland Ward, defeating the two-term incumbent, Rob Jellett.

[8] In his first term, he secured an environmental assessment for the proposed widening Highway 174 and pushed to extend Light Rail Transit to Orléans.

[16] In his first term of office, Blais announced a plan to partner with the local homebuilding industry to complete an $8 million expansion of Millennium Park.