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. 5 v0 n1 N# u" F1 V1 P1 d1 D7 Y0 |& G1 A4 q: n
Edmonton excluded from federal budget EI changes for Alberta ' \" B% D2 {4 s7 G1 | HLiberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending 3 M0 {4 L- ]1 W8 { k% c# nDeficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come