In a sense, you're the referee for the game. You're meant to enforce the rules, and one of the teams didn't like it, so they accuse you of being biased or favouring one side or the other. I don't understand how public confidence in AECL and the nuclear industry could not have been eroded by the government's decision to fire you and then accuse you of partisanship.
On June 16th, 2009. See this statement in context.