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.8 L* b" I5 |. X e1 p' V& i( K- y
+ m) V) N- Z: EEdmonton excluded from federal budget EI changes for Alberta 2 K% o2 H- Z3 n! I E! [+ L! [1 ?- LLiberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending 7 H6 t9 ~: R; |: M2 z% x8 Y( V! c: LDeficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come