Egan: Conservatives sniping at MP Gallant before weekend nomination challenge

For 18 years, Cheryl Gallant has not been afraid to mock her enemies. This weekend, we’ll see how she makes out with her friends.
For the first time since 2000, the MP for Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke is facing a challenge for the Conservative nomination in the sprawling riding that takes in much of the Upper Ottawa Valley.
She is being opposed by Michael Coates, 61, a lifelong Conservative who recently retired as a senior executive in the field of communications and government relations wit