Bruce Arthur: A sick-leave move just might be a sign the Ford government has stopped banging its head against the science table

You have to hand it to Ontario's government: after months of stubborn inaction, after a year spent exposing the most vulnerable in society to danger, after weeks of panic leading nowhere, and after more or less letting the hospitals drown, they might not hesitate. It might take Toronto and Peel doing something first; in fact, it often has.