Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mukupera kwema1940, mukati memazuva ekupedzisira eDominion yeNewfoundland (panguva iyoyo yaitongwa neCommonwealth uye yakazvimiririra neCanada), paive nerutsigiro rukuru, kunyangwe isiri ruzhinji, kuti Newfoundland igadzire mubatanidzwa wehupfumi neUnited States, nekuda kwekuedza kweEconomic Union Party uye kudyara kwakakosha kweUS muNewfoundland kunobva kuUS-British mubatanidzwa muHondo Yenyika II. Sangano racho rakazopedzisira rakundikana apo, mune imwe
Muna 1948, vanhu vakasarudza kuti nyika yavo ibatanidzwe neCanada (Economic Union Party yakatsigira hurumende yakazvimiririra yaizoita kuti vabudirire kuita zvavaida).