Toronto, 1899. Aspiring young politician Mackenzie King (Dan Beirne) dreams of becoming the Prime Minister of Canada. But his romantic vacillation between a British soldier and a French nurse, may well bring about his downfall. In his quest for power, King must gratify his imperious Mother, a war-mongering Governor-General, and the utopian idealism of a QueÃÅbeÃÅcois mystic.