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.% J% f8 }: q9 y' x1 V
! [- [) ?' O7 r- h- ?Edmonton excluded from federal budget EI changes for Alberta - `% J! t' h/ t8 WLiberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending/ s* k2 W2 J$ p9 @
Deficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come