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. X2 A+ q3 k! n( U! T. J" a
% f+ ~4 j: X$ hEdmonton excluded from federal budget EI changes for Alberta / q1 ^% ^: n: s8 @' G6 _Liberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending6 t* d# ^% x( d) a' `5 H! x
Deficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come