I called John Tory's people late in the day yesterday. I'd say, roughly, 5 p.m. I was trying to get Tory on the phone to discuss the rationale behind his plan to fund faith-based education for a feature I'm working on.
It is nearly 24 hours since my first call. I have received return calls from two of his people. I have been assured I will have Mr. Tory on the phone soon, as he and his entourage are just now arriving in Peterborough.
We'll see if Tory, the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, can beat out Rosario Marchese, the NDP Education Critic, who had a 34.5 hour response time.
Now, we wait.
(UPDATE: Success! John Tory responded to my request for an interview in roughly 24 hours, beating out Marchese by 9.5 hours. One point Tory.)