Pin politics

St. John's South—Mount Pearl MP Ryan Cleary proudly posts on the internets:

The Commons is back in session tomorrow and my Newfoundland pin has been modified — with a piece of Labradorite (from Labrador, not that inferior Madagascar rock). Tks to Chris Kearney, jeweler extraordinaire ...

Adding Labrador, but only as an afterthought, and at a fraction of its size relative to Newfoundland? Why, you'd almost think Ryan was a Newfoundland nationalist-separatist or something.

(Also: anyone know what's inferior about Madagascar-sourced labradorite?)