There's no way they give him up. Make him sit on the practice roster or something, he can play next year when some of the veterans hang them up or he beats them out at camp.
No way they trade him to a divisional rival, and no way they would release him to be picked up by a divisional rival.
The Newman interview is up on TSN in full:
http://tsn.ca/cfl/
Check the videos on the right. (Corey Mace is there as well)