The Great Depression has turned Canada into a violent, riotous land. Farmer, Labour and Socialist groups are all looking for ways to provoke their government into responding to the crisis with more care. Join provincial clerks Holly Burnside and Brian Mah as they get caught up in the pivotal efforts to create the Co-Operative Commonwealth Federation, Canada’s first socialist party. The 1st Legion of Utopia tells a dramatic story about how a small group of Canadians successfully collaborated to shift government priorities and pave the way for a complex yet functional multi-party system.