Ontario pledged to build 1.5 million new homes by 2031, but local utilities face a massive funding gap to connect them to the power grid.

Sabrina Maddeaux and Mike Moffatt unpack the “last mile” infrastructure bottleneck stalling developments across the province, how historical energy policy created today’s friction, and practical policy fixes, from tax-exempt utility bonds to reforming the 90/10 tax rule, to keep the housing market moving.