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. - q- u1 H- a) Q) w- h7 o2 @5 Y9 [! M; Y2 ?
Edmonton excluded from federal budget EI changes for Alberta $ v- k4 c' N: |7 P- h; m* ~0 E f9 X- nLiberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending . r5 d( E ^* x# K5 C% A( rDeficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come