I think those kinds of things are in the mind of the perceiver. I've talked to Chief Superintendent Macaulay about it as well, and he becomes very emotional around that issue. I believe he believes it was a punishment. I think at the time it would have been difficult for him to see it any other way.
If the perception of the commissioner was that it was for development, I don't know what the commissioner was thinking. But I believe that Fraser had a valid perception and every right to feel that he was being punished. And certainly his reaction to it tells me that he believed he was being punished.