ically ▁mind ed ▁[ prof ess ors ] ", ▁organized ▁by ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Toronto ▁historian ▁Frank ▁Under hill . ▁At ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁in ▁Montreal , ▁the ▁legal ▁scholar ▁F .   R . ▁Scott ▁was ▁prepar ing ▁a ▁book ▁exam ining ▁the ▁same ▁problems . ▁In ▁August ▁ 1 9 3 1 , ▁the ▁two ▁men ▁met ▁and ▁discovered ▁they ▁had ▁developed ▁a ▁similar ▁analysis ; ▁inst ability ▁and ▁de pression ▁were ▁born ▁of ▁a ▁capital istic ▁political ▁economy , ▁and ▁any ▁permanent ▁solution ▁would ▁be ▁born ▁of ▁dem ocr atic ▁social ism . ▁Under hill ▁proposed ▁the ▁formation ▁of ▁a ▁research ▁organization , ▁sty led ▁after ▁the ▁British ▁Fab ians , ▁modified ▁to ▁suit ▁Canada . ▁The ▁organization ' s ▁ideas ▁would ▁be ▁spread ▁in ▁two ▁ways ; ▁directly ▁into ▁the ▁public ▁mind ▁through ▁local ▁associations ▁and ▁literature ; ▁and ▁directly ▁into ▁government ▁through ▁an ▁institution ▁of ▁intellectual ▁el ites ▁that ▁polit icians ▁could ▁requ is ition ▁to ▁perform ▁research ▁and ▁recommend ▁policy . ▁Scott ▁agreed . ▁Under hill ▁also ▁believed ▁a ▁social ist ▁political ▁party ▁would ▁shortly ▁appear , ▁and ▁that ▁there ▁" should ▁be ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁intellect uals ▁that ▁could ▁provide ▁the ▁new ▁party ▁with ▁a ▁coh er ent ▁platform ." ▁The ▁men ▁returned ▁home , ▁and ▁Under hill ▁established ▁a ▁group ▁in ▁Toronto ▁while ▁Scott ▁did ▁the ▁same ▁in ▁Montreal . ▁ ▁These ▁groups ▁shared ▁one ▁important ▁belief ; ▁that ▁the ▁objective ▁study ▁of ▁social ▁science ▁yield ed ▁an ▁in es cap able ▁conclusion : ▁scientific