They would promise, let's say, “If you lose, we'll give you 50% of your loss”, or something like that. You can't guarantee 100%; that would be ridiculous, and people would go crazy. But there has to be some way to offset. It could be that you use your loss as a special tax incentive of some sort. There are ways to do it that will not cost the government too much money either.
The government should show confidence in the people to do this, to be behind them in whatever way it is. It could even be giving some wise advice on which markets are better to enter.
It's a complex answer. I would love to have a one-hour discussion on this subject, because I think the only thing holding Canada back is the risk aversion of the large funds. It's not as though Canada is short of money. It's short of will.