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. : R+ u0 O- Y/ t5 M/ T5 l2 U( e ! ?$ H( S# t A) p/ @Edmonton excluded from federal budget EI changes for Alberta& \+ Q% U: y4 j. _- }" H
Liberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending( I0 D) {+ Q" n; q# A; e
Deficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come