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. / @+ G c; N3 L9 m 6 M9 ?8 q9 H& h4 XEdmonton excluded from federal budget EI changes for Alberta $ O( z7 @& K: H# U" v& j) }Liberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending 5 n/ b7 v6 M; X: t/ \Deficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come