[citation needed] He co-founded the Hellenic Board of Trade in 1993, an organization dedicated to the development of business opportunities and networking in the Greater Montreal Area.

[1] Housakos served as a co-chair on Pierre Poilievre’s leadership campaign for the Conservative Party of Canada in 2022 He was a candidate for the Canadian Alliance in the 2000 federal election, in the riding of Laval West, where he has lived for over twenty years.

[10] In February 2020, the Ethics Officer released his report and reiterated that Housakos and Plett were not the subjects of his investigation and that they were exonerated on the basis that Senator Oh had not made them aware of the source of funding for the trip.

[11] In 2006, during an informal meeting with the former chief of staff to Public Works Minister Michael Fortier, Leo Housakos raised the possibility of the department's dropping its plan to reclaim a building complex from the Rosdev Group.

[12] In the 43rd Canadian Parliament (2019 to 2021), Housakos introduce Bill S-221 which, if approved, would have inserted a provision into the Criminal Code to make committing mischief in relation to a monument or similar structure that honours first responders an indictable offence subject to specified minimum fines and imprisonment.

[13] In the 44th Canadian Parliament, he introduced Bill S-204, seeking to block all imports from China's Xinjiang region, citing allegations from human rights organizations that members of the Uyghurs and other Turkic minorities are subject to forced labour as part of the Communist government's plan to control the population.

[20][21] He argues that the Canadian government should provide prospective new immigrants a clear understanding of the norms and values of their adoptive new home, because Canada is a country based on the separation of Church and state and the equality of men and women.

[23] Housakos later spoke out against the Parti Québécois government's Charter of Quebec Values, on the basis that it negates respect for individual rights.

"[26] NDP industry critic Brian Masse welcomed the report, insisting a national digital policy was overdue for Canadians and contained many ideas his party wants to explore further.

[28] Housakos does charity work for the American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (AHEPA), where they help raise funds for children's causes in the Montreal area.