Ottawa plans to temporarily enhance benefits in some regions, granting up to 70 weeks of coverage to long-tenured employees in 12 regions identified as having particularly acute unemployment challenges, including energy-dependent parts of Western Canada, Northern Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador. 0 W4 s% S* E/ S; F/ _+ y ( i& b; x2 v; h% P5 z) @Edmonton excluded from federal budget EI changes for Alberta 3 ^. C9 a' U1 G$ LLiberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending, k' }2 V# E0 [7 F) I- j
Deficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come