From 2002 to 2003 he held the position of Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of State for Social Solidarity and Child and Family Welfare and in 2003 he was Minister Responsible for the Status of Women under the Bernard Landry government.
Prior to entering politics, Boulianne was a history and economics teacher with the Black Lake-Disraeli school board from 1969 to 1993 and 1996 to 1997.
He was a member of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics and the Standing Joint Committee on the Library of Parliament, during the 38th Canadian Parliament.