Efford optimistic a deal on Atlantic Accord is within reach

'There is only one clause causing the deal not to be finalized': Natural Resources Minister John Efford

He's been called everything from "Judas" to a "trained seal" in his home province of Newfoundland and Labrador, and been shouted down repeatedly in the House of Commons by opposition MPs who dubbed him the "Benedict Arnold of Newfoundland."

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