| Canada Gains | Newfoundland Gains |
| Strategic placed air and travel bases
as well as key airports for transatlantic civil aviation. | Improved social services to lift the standard
of living to equal that of the rest of Canada. |
| The Island's pulp and paper industry would sizably increase Canada's newsprint production. |
Wage levels would be improved through the minimum wage legislation. |
| Mining production in Newfoundland or iron, lead, zinc and copper would
similarly increase Canada's production figures. | Confederation would provide a vast internal market for
the products of Newfoundland. Newfoundland would benefit from the increased flow of trade which would follow the automatic elimination
of tarriffs and excess taxes. |
| Canada's exports of fish and fish products would probably be doubled. |
The cost of imports such as machinery, furniture and automobiles would be cut in half. |
| The interior of Newfoundland would hold the promise of vast mining and lumbering operations. |
Politically, Newfoundland would have provincial status, with its own elected provincial government and would
elect six or seven local members to the Dominion House of Commons. |
The following chart outlines the major gains that Canada and Newfoundland
would enjoy if a union was made.
