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 r) W9 g9 R+ @4 m8 p s: \ 3 `( F5 ~' |' e3 |% B1 }3 @; iEdmonton excluded from federal budget EI changes for Alberta . d8 S$ W Y4 e# K7 D$ PLiberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending 2 @' _1 k# u% n9 L. S" \0 p$ q# }Deficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come