Alberta,Canada: New Ministry of Child Welfare created by Premier Notley

The new ministry will be led by Danielle Larivee as Minister of Children's Services, reported Calgary Metro.

Danielle Larivee is a former Minister of Municipal affairs, who had steered the government away from trouble in the aftermath of Fort Mcmurray Wildfire in the spring of 2016.

Announcing the change, Premier Notley said, "All children deserve a safe healthy home, and when a child's home is not safe, we have a responsibility to step in and do whatever it takes to make sure kids are protected".

Human Resources has been renamed as Community and Social Services under the stewardship of Irfan Habib, media reported.

The Premier had announced a panel in December last year to review the province's child welfare system following the death of a four-year old child, who died because of mal-nourishment and physical and sexual abuse while under the care of extended family members .

She further stated that Danielle Larivee would commence her activities immediately in accordance with the recommendations of panel that was going to recommend ways to improve reviews into child welfare deaths, to strengthen child intervention and to address issues that would lead to children becoming ward of the province.

(Reporting by Chandan Som)