Could I just add that there's a lot of detail that goes with this, but this is the only question that has ever been removed from the census since Confederation after it has only been used for a couple of cycles. No other question has ever been so attacked in each consultation period and so vulnerable to being removed. And the way that Statistics Canada handled it I think betrays a certain lack of gender balance.
On November 18th, 2010. See this statement in context.