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. 9 { q8 P: G7 T }% g9 c' u/ d z# M 7 H# V6 @* x% m' @* yEdmonton excluded from federal budget EI changes for Alberta: \( F& x, y2 u. x4 L
Liberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending! H$ z" w9 W4 q+ P5 C8 Z9 n t2 Z
Deficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come