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., ?$ X+ G4 ^& S4 K
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Edmonton excluded from federal budget EI changes for Alberta# `' F1 ~* K$ a3 g
Liberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending ; N# w9 \% Z* CDeficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come