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. & N l3 F- J! Z- { % ?, g- N/ _3 e' ^Edmonton excluded from federal budget EI changes for Alberta 8 \; L7 }1 I/ a& V( N$ p) ^Liberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending + w) F- N- ^3 \) a l' A& ]- dDeficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come