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 A6 c+ r+ b0 X
! Q3 B1 |! T) e, N0 ^& |Edmonton excluded from federal budget EI changes for Alberta ( K& c2 s/ c' i) q; X! ULiberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending " u% H6 t& g) sDeficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come