Kammala wannan jumla: 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 Ƙungiyar Gwamnatin Gwamnati kuma ya yi yakin neman shiga Kanada a cikin
1948 Newfoundland zaben raba gardama. Lokacin da Newfoundland ta shiga Kanada a ranar 31 ga Maris, 1949, Higgins ya rataye baƙar fata crepe a ƙofarsa a matsayin alamar makoki.