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 z @0 {1 _7 j ! e5 N4 U" M. R+ ]Edmonton excluded from federal budget EI changes for Alberta 0 A" B& Q" P3 I5 Q" RLiberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending 4 Q- }1 s6 q: wDeficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come