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./ U2 y: v6 \$ T4 _9 U
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Edmonton excluded from federal budget EI changes for Alberta ' j5 c* r1 K; i& U" |Liberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending+ v1 E8 b9 Q+ @2 n3 Z& X# k
Deficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come