David Yurdiga is backing a move to drop the same sex marriage ban that the Conservative party has had in place, and he believes that the ban has no place in the party policy. The Fort McMurray-Cold Lake and the Edmonton West Conservative riding associations have joined in the calls to drop the ban, making the party policy more inclusive to all. According to the existing policy for the Conservative policy marriage should be defined not by the courts and judges but by parliament, and the party still supports “defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman” through legislation. David Yurdiga told the media that “I’ve been clear for a long time that the Conservative party welcomes all conservatives. If you believe in smaller government, lower taxes, balanced budgets and individual freedom, we want you in our party.”

David Yurdiga is not the only Conservative who is calling on the same sex marriage ban policy to be dropped, and 2 electoral district associations have made arguments stating that the party policy is actually redundant because of a 2006 free vote held in parliament that voted on whether the marriage definition should be one man and one woman, and the measure failed to pass. A year before this vote took place the Civil Marriage Act was passed, and this act legalized same sex marriage in the country. Social policies for the Conservative party dictate that members are allowed to vote according to their conscious on issues that are moral in nature. These issues include euthanasia, same sex marriage, and abortion.