Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I nga ra whakamutunga o te 1940s, i nga ra whakamutunga o te Dominion o Newfoundland (i taua wa he mana-whakawhirinaki i roto i te Commonwealth me te motuhake o Kanata), he tautoko nui, ahakoa kaore i te nuinga, mo Newfoundland ki te hanga i tetahi uniana ohaoha me te United States, na nga mahi a te Economic Union Party me te nui o nga moni whakangao a US i Newfoundland i ahu mai i te hononga US-British i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. I te mutunga ka hinga te nekeneke, i te mea, i roto i te
I te pooti i te tau 1948, i kowhiria e nga kaipōti ki te whakakotahi ki Kanata (i tautoko te Economic Union Party i tetahi "rangatira kawenga" motuhake ka akiakihia e raatau ki o raatau whaainga).