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Alberta’s Human Services Minister Irfan Sabir refuses to step down over his handling of a case involving the death of a four-year-old girl in government care, saying he has “absolutely” done a good job.

Nor will he assign blame for the two-year delay in getting the girl’s case to police, he said Thursday as he announced an all-party panel to investigate the child intervention system.

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“I won’t step down because it’s important work, I have an important job to do,” Sabir told reporters.

“Here is the action plan — that’s how we move forward to make sure we have proper safeguards in place. We have supports in place for families so we can avoid similar incidents from happening.”

Sabir wouldn’t say if anyone will lose their job over the Serenity case, repeating only that the panel, of which he will be an ex officio member, will be “finding solutions” to safeguard children in government care.

The Wildrose, Progressive Conservative and Alberta parties have all called for Sabir’s head over what they call gross mismanagement of the Serenity file.