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.2 Q: i$ |6 ?) Y4 V6 H
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Edmonton excluded from federal budget EI changes for Alberta 2 ]# {# B$ H1 s. }Liberal budget targets families, cities with deficit spending d" v' z0 [9 i
Deficit projected at $29 billion next year -- with more red ink to come