Thank you LW. Although I was hoping Cannuck would research his deep well of knowledge and provide us with this information himself. Too bad he challenges others to the point where we have to waste a load of time scouring the internet to prove him wrong...once again. It does nothing to help along the debate. I guess it gives him some small pleasure, at least for a short while, to think he/she has lorded it over on someone once again. Anyway, I digress....
Danny Williams was a successful lawyer before he became premier. He realizes full well the Canadian Constitution and how the Newfoundland Act is tied it. The Newfoundland Act of March 23rd, 1948 lays out the terms of the union of our province with Canada and it states:
TERMS OF UNION
1. On, from, and after the coming into force of these Terms (hereinafter referred to as the date of Union), Newfoundland shall form part of Canada and shall be a province thereof to be called and known as the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
2. The Province of Newfoundland and Labrador shall comprise the same territory as at the date of Union, that is to say, the island of Newfoundland and the islands adjacent thereto,
the Coast of Labrador as delimited in the report delivered by the Judicial Committee of His Majesty's Privy Council on the first day of March, 1927, and approved by His Majesty in His Privy Council on the twenty-second day of March, 1927, and the islands adjacent to the said Coast of Labrador.
Let's see how far some constitutional lawyer will get if he tries to deny Newfoundland and Labrador this fundamental right to our boundaries.
