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 E! W2 F8 ^ Z( b - C& K5 F k( ^4 IEdmonton excluded from federal budget EI changes for Alberta& `- s, R5 b# s$ x2 Y- d
Liberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending $ M) o5 L# R/ M* yDeficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come