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Caley said the socks won with more than 50 per cent of the vote. So even under proportional representation, there’d have been no need for a sock-toque coalition. As the socks said in a pretend statement Saturday, donors of more than $100 will “get your very own pair of me.”

The well-oiled fundraising machine, which often relies on merchandise, is linking this particular campaign to a “2019 Re-election Fund,” its name a direct counterpoint to the Tories’ “One Term Trudeau Fund.”

Conservatives have been the fundraising winners this year, however.

At mid-term, all three parties are struggling compared to election time. The governing party is making, on average, less than half the dough it was when Justin Trudeau leapt to power in 2015. The Conservatives consistently raised the most cash from individual donations throughout 2017.

Still, Caley noted Liberals have seen consistent growth from one quarter to the next this year, while donations to the Tories have declined over the same period, partly due to a boost during the party leadership race that ended in May.

Though they have some competition from the government on dad puns, Conservatives have socks of their own, branded to be boring on purpose: “Andrew Scheer’s Dad Socks,” white and, unsurprisingly, cheaper than the Liberal equivalent.

The Tories’ online store is conservative on options: you can buy mugs, water bottles, baseball caps, polos and sweaters. Oh, and the hockey book Stephen Harper authored is back in stock.