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.# M# y# c4 w& Z$ ~% j) I3 F
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Edmonton excluded from federal budget EI changes for Alberta 9 V- s- w, ~' B9 }Liberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending1 t1 y+ y2 }; k0 N
Deficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come