Western Standard - November 02, 2026


Cory Morgan Fires Back at the 'Controlled Opposition' Accusation

HANNAFORD： What？ Get rid of the Indian Act？

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00:00:00.000 Look, I love listening to people questioning it.
00:00:04.620 Corey is controlled opposition.
00:00:06.840 Yes, sneakily 26 years ago, I forced, I started an independence party with a long-term goal of shoring up the Daniel Smith government today. 0.92
00:00:17.080 You crackpots.
00:00:18.380 Look, I did everything I could in the referendum. 0.86
00:00:23.280 And I'm still an independent supporter and I will still be pushing towards that.
00:00:28.020 But I got a taste of reality in my head, guys.
00:00:30.960 Come on now.
00:00:32.820 Could the results have been better?
00:00:34.100 Absolutely.
00:00:34.760 But we're talking better to what?
00:00:36.040 30%, maybe 35?
00:00:38.780 I'd look at things strategically.
00:00:40.460 I look at what we can accomplish.
00:00:42.120 I look at what we can't.
00:00:43.580 And we accomplished a lot.
00:00:45.320 This movement has moved farther ahead than it ever has.
00:00:48.080 And it's going to keep moving forward.
00:00:49.880 As long as it doesn't trip over its own feet.
00:00:52.780 And with these people thinking, let's see, we had three quarters of the province reject
00:00:56.780 the notion in a referendum let's try and turn the governing party into an independence party and see
00:01:02.220 how that goes during an election year it's just math folks and it's foolishness it doesn't mean
00:01:07.580 i have a love affair with premier smith it doesn't mean i've given up on independence
00:01:13.260 it just means i don't see kicking myself in the democratic knackers and putting the
00:01:17.580 ndp in for four years i don't see how that's going to facilitate moving our movement forward