DAVID DINGWALL was born and raised in Sydney, Cape Breton, and attended Dalhousie Law School in Halifax. At twenty-eight he was elected Member of Parliament for Cape Breton?East Richmond, holding the post for seventeen years and serving in the cabinet of Jean Chretien. He was later President of the Royal Canadian Mint. He now practices law in Toronto, specializing in negotiation, and lectures on the subject at the Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University.