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 r1 @9 E. K# Z( U
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Edmonton excluded from federal budget EI changes for Alberta1 C3 T; Z# B6 d( C3 a
Liberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending ?: J* R4 p1 C8 U' D' }/ I5 zDeficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come