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.0 `$ h( u0 Y- Q8 D8 f- i! {( k
! J/ f! q$ w' E% V# q+ KEdmonton excluded from federal budget EI changes for Alberta 2 R/ t8 {- K7 |7 }- M9 ELiberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending $ ^! Q% m1 ^) F; `; wDeficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come