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. : V4 u# c& M! ~2 l# \" d" Y 0 P u8 D* I6 T" i" `9 [0 yEdmonton excluded from federal budget EI changes for Alberta 1 S o' e0 }: ?* L7 fLiberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending) p" T# s# z7 G' M
Deficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come