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 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. 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."