Senate of Canada
McCoy was appointed to the Senate by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, on the recommendation of Prime Minister Paul Martin, on March 24, 2005. She sits in the Upper House representing Alberta as an Independent Progressive Conservative. Unless she resigns or dies, McCoy will continue to sit in the Senate until 2021. She currently sits on the Senate Committee for Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament, and the Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee.
Since being appointed to the Senate, McCoy has been an influential voice for the role of the individual Senator, for effective Senate reform, for an inclusive federation and the role of Alberta in Canada. McCoy broke new ground with her website, www.albertasenator.ca, and is the only member of the Senate of Canada who regularly blogs and tweets on her experiences in Ottawa and the political issues of the day. She sits as a Progressive Conservative Senator which ensures her independence and acknowledges her political heritage. A feature article on McCoy in Maclean's magazine calls her a "symbol of defiance" as one of only two Progressive Conservative Senators then remaining in federal politics and someone who "defines herself as socially progressive and fiscally conservative."
McCoy is an important part of Calgary's environmental and charitable communities. She currently has or has had held memberships and leadership positions in many organizations, including:
- Vice-Chair, Alberta Climate Change Central
- Governor, Calgary Centre for Innovative Technology
- Chair, Joint Review Committee, Right-to-Work Study (Alberta Economic Development Authority and Alberta Government - 1995)
- President, Winston Churchill Society
- Committee Chair, Alberta Economic Development Authority
- Founding Director, Famous 5 Foundation
- Founding Director, Angela Cheng Foundation
- Senior Member, Alberta Ministerial Advisory Committee for Environmental Protection
- Director and lifelong honourary member, Association of Science and Engineering Technology Professionals of Alberta
- Member, Law Society of Alberta
- Member, Canadian Evaluation Society
- Member, Alberta Arbitration and Mediation Society
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