ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A Newfoundland Liberal MP says he will break party ranks and vote against the federal budget if necessary, the second party member to do so.

Scott Andrews, who represents the riding of Avalon, told VOCM Radio he is prepared to go against his party and oppose the budget if it doesn't protect $1.5 billion that the province is entitled to.

"Newfoundland and Labrador has been getting shafted and it's time for this to stop," Andrews said Friday.

"Our colleagues out there in the rest of the country don't get it and we've been trying to impress upon them how important this is to Newfoundland and Labrador."

Premier Danny Williams has called on the six Liberal MPs from his province to vote against the budget, saying it will sap $1.5 billion away from the province in funds from the 1985 Atlantic Accord.

But even if they vote against it, the budget would pass with the support of the other Liberals.

Williams is also looking for support from Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff and other premiers to delay budget changes that affect revenues from the equalization formula and the Atlantic Accord.

Williams is requesting a one-year delay on those changes, saying they adversely affect his province and others that receive equalization.

While Newfoundland and Labrador no longer receives equalization, it continues to receive money under the 1985 Atlantic Accord agreement, which sets out the rules for sharing revenue from the province's offshore energy industry and is influenced by equalization calculations.

Judy Foote, member for Random-Burin-St. George's, has also said she will vote against the budget if it doesn't protect the Atlantic Accord money.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has not acknowledged Williams's claims that Newfoundland is poised to lose $1.5 billion in payments under the 1985 Atlantic Accord. But he has said the province will get $1.2 billion in Atlantic Accord payments over the next three years -- $1.5 billion less than the province says it's entitled to receive under the agreement.