Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei pene - I te Newfoundland National Convention, i whakahe a Higgins ki te whakataunga a Joey Smallwood kia uru atu a Newfoundland ki te Canadian Confederation. I noho ia hei mema matua o te Rōpū Kawanatanga Kawenga, a, i pakanga ia ki te whakauru atu ki Kanata i nga pooti pooti o Newfoundland i te tau 1948
He aha? I te wa i uru atu ai a Newfoundland ki Kanata i te Poutu-te-rangi 31, 1949, ka whakairihia e Higgins he crepe pango ki tona tatau hei tohu mo te tangihanga.