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. N: O% ?; ]- L% N0 U& n* N! c) p9 o
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Liberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending - W9 R) t" b% j% ?7 JDeficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come