Paul Halucha was appointed Deputy Minister at Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada (HICC) in December 2024. HICC is the federal department responsible for CMHC.
He previously served as Associate Deputy Minister at Environment and Climate Change Canada. He was also Assistant Secretary to Cabinet for Economic and Regional Development Policy at the Privy Council Office where he was also the Secretary for the Cabinet Committee on the Economy and the Environment.
Throughout his public service career, he has worked on economic policy issues, and worked for many years at Industry Canada, later renamed Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada. His roles there included Assistant Deputy Minister of Industry Sector, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Minister, Deputy Director of the Investment Canada Act and Director General of Marketplace Framework Policies. File responsibilities included: sectoral policies for defence, aerospace, manufacturing and automotive industries; competition and intellectual property; procurement, trade and investment policy; and industrial policy design.
Paul graduated from the Norman Patterson School of International Affairs and is married with 2 children and 2 grandchildren.
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