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.$ k9 \" X1 y! t9 t2 U% z# Z
- Q+ T; b# D) x& l& ^6 L' kEdmonton excluded from federal budget EI changes for Alberta ( h- T3 s7 T0 d" O ~( {5 \# @/ BLiberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending 7 T6 c" J( Q' j6 d2 H- `/ k$ F# |: DDeficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come