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 T' W0 i3 Q/ O0 ]- J. U
" O7 M2 Y+ d. v3 J" ZEdmonton excluded from federal budget EI changes for Alberta / F1 |4 x3 c8 L) d' @6 N2 rLiberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending 9 Q M' A! b" R6 v0 G$ ~Deficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come