Canada: NEWFOUNDLAND: The Road Back

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Next spring, when the ice drifts offshore and northern sea communications are reopened, the islanders will go to the polls for their first national vote in 14 years. They will select 50 members to represent them in a National Convention which in turn will choose a form of government and refer it to a referendum.

Conceivably they could vote to retain Commission of Government, to join Canada or link with their newly appreciated neighbor, the U.S. Best guess: a start on the long road back to full self-governing Dominion status, which had long been their pride.