Assertion: newfoundland | /r/CapableOf | relinquish jurisdiction
Facets:
value: to ottawa
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: over its fisheries
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: When Newfoundland joined Canada in 1949, it relinquished jurisdiction over its fisheries to Ottawa; the Supreme Court ruled in 1983 that the federal government also has jurisdiction over offshore oil drilling.