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With the exception of a modest amount targeted to Aboriginal children, theres no funding in the budget for social services or child care. While we needed $2 billion as a down payment for a national child care program, we received nothing.

On the housing front, no new money was announced. Instead an earlier commitment to provide $680 million for affordable rental housing was recycled.