Faatumu le fuaiupu lenei: I le taimi o le Fono a le Atunuu o Newfoundland, na tetee ai Higgins i le faaiʻuga a Joey Smallwood ina ia auai Newfoundland i le Confederation o Kanata. Na avea o ia ma sui taʻimua o le Responsible Government League ma na ia tetee i le auai o Kanata i le
1948 Fono Faitulafono i Newfoundland. Ina ua auai atu Niufaunilani i Kanata iā Mati 31, 1949, na tautau ai e Higgins se falaoa uliuli i lona faitotoʻa e fai ma faailoga o le faavauvau.