Yes, Mr. Easter says he does not have confidence that the minister will ask a fair and balanced question, so he's presuming that the minister's going to tilt the question in one direction. So it seems to me that his recommendation is tilted in the opposite direction.
This doesn't strike me as a clear question. Options B and D are clearly trying to make a point, I would argue, rather than present a reasonable option. Even if you believe that at the end of the day that is what it will eventually end at, I don't think anyone's suggesting that those are the two options that are on the table today. As such, it strikes me as more of a pre-emptive communications strike rather than a good faith effort to put a reasonable question on the table.