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. - x5 [5 b; z7 V; u4 H ' [! P3 ~/ L" R( C5 B6 }Edmonton excluded from federal budget EI changes for Alberta: R/ @% [' v4 c2 V' |7 C
Liberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending ! k' S: T( H& h0 Q |1 i4 mDeficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come