[1] Louie worked at Mail-O-Matic Services, a local mailing house, and as a mailer with Pacific Newspaper Group.
[1] While working at Pacific Newspaper Group, Louie became a National Representative for the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada.
[citation needed] In Council, Louie has served in numerous city committees:[citation needed] Louie was one of three elected officials who served on Homeless Emergency Action Team,[4] which conceived the controversial[5][6][7] Homeless Emergency Action Team (HEAT) shelters.
[9] In an effort to secure the Vision Vancouver nomination, Louie outspent all mayoral hopefuls by spending a total of $243,621.
[10] However, in June 2008 he was defeated in the Vision Vancouver nomination race by Gregor Robertson, who went on to win the subsequent general election.