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.4 d7 u" [/ s! _. `
! x5 p4 ?( J. ~: i% d4 iEdmonton excluded from federal budget EI changes for Alberta . Z' f# O8 _* I) m' DLiberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending - _, K) Z& B. F+ sDeficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come