Although it is often described in different terms, the expedition that led to the discovery of Newfoundland was primarily an economic enterprise.

Fearing negative impacts on stock markets, Canada and Britain agreed to help Newfoundland meet debt payments pending the report of a royal commission of inquiry.

This article discusses how the heritage website obtained a PDF copy of the 1933 report as well as a link to the report itself.

About the termination of the Commission of Government after World War II, and what government should replace it.

Replacing responsible government with the Commission of Government had consequences for Newfoundland and Labrador society, economy and politics.

In 1933 the Newfoundland legislature voted itself temporarily out of existence, ending 79 years of responsible government.

In 1934 the Commission of Government was sworn in, ending responsible government, and beginning a new chapter in Newfoundland's constitutional history.

During the Commission of government Newfoundland and Labrador was administered by unelected commissioners appointed by the British government.

How the Commission of Government affected the Newfoundland and Labrador fishery.

Although at the root of widespread suffering, the Second World War also initiated a time of great economic prosperity in Newfoundland and Labrador.

When the Commission of Government took office in 1934, Newfoundland and Labrador's education system was in desperate need of improvement.

The saltfish industry in Newfoundland, as a cyclical extractive industry dependent on an open-access resource, went through multiple periods of boom and bust.

The outbreak of the Great Depression in the fall of 1929 caused much economic hardship in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Today, Canadian citizens aged 18 and older have the right to vote in federal, provincial, and municipal elections. This is known as universal suffrage.

One of the Commission of Government's chief ambitions upon taking office was to improve health care in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Cottage hospitals and health care during the commission of Government in Newfoundland which lasted from 1934-1949.

Public education in Newfoundland and Labrador, since its beginnings in the early 19th century, has largely been shaped by religion and the economy.