Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A lokacin Babban Taron Kasa na Newfoundland, Higgins ya yi adawa da shawarar Joey Smallwood cewa Newfoundland ta shiga Tarayyar Kanada. Ya zama babban memba na Kungiyar Gwamnatin Gwamnati kuma ya yi yakin neman shiga Kanada a zaben raba gardama na 1948 na Newfoundland
Ka yi haƙuri. Lokacin da Newfoundland ta shiga Kanada a ranar 31 ga Maris, 1949, Higgins ya rataye baƙar fata crepe a ƙofarsa a matsayin alamar makoki.