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Elaine McCoy, (born March 7, 1946 in Brandon, Manitoba) is a Canadian senator from Alberta. She was the last remaining member of the Canadian Senate to sit as a Progressive Conservative following the retirement of Senator Lowell Murray on September 26, 2011. On February 11, 2013 she changed her designation to Independent Progressive Conservative. ==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, 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 previously, on 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,〔http://www.albertasenator.ca/flashblocks/data/Op-Eds/SenateReform17Sept2007.pdf〕 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 was one of the first members of the Senate of Canada to blog and tweet 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."〔 During her tenure as Senator, she has launched two web-based projects. Savvy Senate,〔http://www.albertasenator.ca/〕 provides precis of several dozens of landmark Senate reports organized alphabetically by topic, highlighting the context, import and public reception (positive and negative) for each report, with hyperlinks to the report and media follow up. In April 2014, McCoy launched a new web-based initiative on energy and the environment for the Canadian context: Your Energy Story.〔http://www.yourenergystory.ca/aboutus.php〕 According to the site, it was designed "to make linkages between energy end uses and energy sources" and provides raw data on energy consumption and generation for both renewable and non-renewable resources, organized by provinces and territories across Canada. It employs one common energy unit for all types of energy – the gigajoule – in order to make comparisons between energy types possible for the average consumer. It also provides greenhouse gas emissions for the production of each energy type and end use. 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)〔https://aeda.alberta.ca/Pages/Default.aspx〕 * 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 honorary 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〔http://www.aams.ab.ca/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Elaine McCoy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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