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. + b& I5 m; ?% G. w) ]+ C$ Q6 W; Q5 c1 `; c5 S; a0 |1 F& _6 A( x
Edmonton excluded from federal budget EI changes for Alberta/ p$ V/ R5 k/ b9 [9 k4 d8 E% @
Liberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending * N' g/ r$ S& `3 w, s7 @Deficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come