1. Instructions
It is important that you use this template and not a template provided by your university to ensure that your team’s school affiliation is withheld from the judges.
Maximum 8 slides (including title slide) plus up to 3 annex slides for alternative options and/or supplementary information.
Do not exceed these limits. If possible, reduce the number of slides in your presentation.
Provide only information essential to your policy recommendation and narrative on the slides. Extra details can be given orally in your presentation.
Different policy recommendations will require a slightly different structure to effectively brief the Minister or senior department officials.
A template is given in the following slides to get you started and give you an idea of the structure of a typical presentation used for briefing the Minister of Finance. Adjust the order of your slides or combine slides to effectively brief on your policy recommendation.
However, be sure that your presentation includes that following key components:
Explanation of the problem/issue being addressed and essential background information. Do not assume that your audience has read your written proposal from the First Round.
Links to Government priorities (i.e., election platform, speech from the throne, mandate letters, previous budget, economic/fiscal update).
Clear and concise decision points for your policy recommendation, accompanied by a funding table (use the same format for the funding table found in the written submission template).
A clear argument and all of the essential information for a Minister or Senior Department of Finance Official would need to make a decision on your proposal.

2. Title
subtitle

3. Introductory Slide Background on the policy area
Links to Government of Canada priorities (i.e., election platform, speech from the throne, mandate letters, previous budget, economic/fiscal update)
What has/is currently being done in this policy area
Clear definition of the problem/issue that your proposal will address
Other background information needed to introduce your proposal

4. Proposal/Recommendation
Clearly (but at a high-level) set out the proposal for which you are seeking approval. Example:
“It is recommended to:
Decision 1
Decision [X]”
Include funding table for your proposal here.

5. Analysis/Considerations
Why is now the time for this proposal? What is the trigger to recommend this policy?
The following information could be included:
More background information, recent developments in policy area
Analysis and key considerations: why is this the right response to the problem/issue you identified?
It may be useful here to refer to supplementary information in annexes
Could the proposal be scaled up or down?
Brief overview of alternative options for consideration.

6. Outcomes
How will success of your proposal be measured? Key indicators.
Who will gain from this proposal? Who will lose?

7. Next Steps Proposed implementation approach (timing, next steps)
Communications considerations (stakeholder views, key messages, strategies)
Any legislative requirements

8. Annex: Alternative options [if applicable]
One slide maximum per alternative option (maximum two alternative options).
Include funding tables for all alternative options.

9. Annex: Supplementary information
Provide any additional information (graphs, tables, etc.) that may help support you proposal.
Use this section to provide information to answer questions you anticipate might arise from your presentation. Annex may be referred in the presentation.