He may be best known as the driving force behind a number of network television specials that helped some of the top performers in modern magic to gain a national and international profile.
[1] He was a member of the successful and sometimes controversial Ottawa lobbying firm Government Consultants International, started in 1984 with Frank Moores, Francis Fox, and Gerald Doucet.
[3] Ouellet settled in Los Angeles, California but also spent a considerable amount of time in Las Vegas because of its importance as a venue for magic shows.
During the Mulroney era as Prime Minister, Ouellet and his business partner Frank Moores formed an Ottawa lobbying firm called Government Consultants International, which ultimately became embroiled in the Air Canada Airbus scandal and bribes paid by Karl-Heinz Schreiber.
[5] Writing after Ouellet's death, magician Jonathan Pendragon stated:Some producers create problems by toying with a performers act.