Sky Wave I have met the chairman of the report and I conclude that it may be apples and apples (ALPA etc).
As for auto pull up; the concept is to maintain safety. In the event, for whatever reason the crew have missed or ignored the awareness, alerts, and warnings that EGPWS provides, the aircraft will still fly in a safe manner.
EGPWS is an amazing safety device, but it is only a matter of time before we see the human fallibility of someone ignoring it.
The other aspect of auto pull up is not to remove control from the pilot, but provide him with an alternative (physical) view of the required action. A pilot may override the pull up, but I hope that most will be alerted to any previous error of judgment and be convinced that the system is providing the correct action.
I would also support auto pull up for windshear and some form of auto push / pull (control nudging) for TCAS.