You were criticized after your testimony at the commission by a member of the press. The headline read “Watson wanted to protect Trudeau, embarrass Ford during convoy”. We have testimony from your city manager, Mr. Kanellakos, who basically put on record that you were quite hesitant about even engaging in the whole thought about having a mediator, because what would that do to Mr. Trudeau's reputation? What would that do to the reputation of the federal government? His exact words were:
He was very reluctant. His initial reaction was we shouldn’t and thought that doing that was going to put pressure on the federal government in terms of, you know, if we meet with them, someone else would have to meet with them, 'Kanellakos said'.
The article also quoted Justin Trudeau as saying: “'Doug Ford has been hiding from his responsibility on it for political reasons,' Trudeau said”.