Historically, Canada has enjoyed a world-renowned reputation as a nation with a magnanimous ideological approach to providing asylum to those individuals subject to marginalization and persecution in their homeland regardless of their origin. nation of origin (Ismaili, 2011, p.89 and 92). Indeed, providing refuge to refugees who would otherwise experience considerable hardship ranging from overt discrimination and racism to torture and genocide, has become an institutionalized aspect of Canadian society. However, recent changes to Canada's immigration policy outlined in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and Bill C-31 may have perhaps endangered this ideology (Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, 2001). One of the most disconcerting aspects of Bill C-31 is the recently enacted Designated Country of Origin (DCO) legislation that has permanently labeled certain nations as “safe.” As a result, individuals seeking refugee status from these countries no longer have the same rights and privileges afforded to their refugee counterparts from other nations (“Overview of C-31,” 2013). In turn, this has led to a dichotomy between those who see this change as necessary to decrease the influx of embellished and falsified refugee claims and those who see this policy as discriminatory and prejudicial towards people originally from certain nations. The Case for DCO Legislation The primary purpose of the DCO legislation introduced in Bill C-31 is deterrence; by combating the influx of refugees who abuse the immigration system by residing in Canada when they face no immediate danger in their native homeland, it is hoped that the number of false refugee claims will be dramatically reduced... document ......oogeyman .htmlJiwani, Y. (2011). Mediations between race and crime: racialization of crime, criminalization of race. In Perry, B. (ed.). Diversity, crime and justice in Canada. Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press. Levine-Rasky, C., Beaudoin, J., & St. Clair, P. (2014). The exclusion of Roma claimants in Canadian refugee policy. Patterns of Prejudice, 48(1), 67-93. Make Canada's asylum system faster and fairer. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2012/2012-12-14.aspOverview of the C-31 refugee determination process. (2013). Retrieved from https://ccrweb.ca/en/refugee-reformZong L. & Perry, B. (2011). Chinese immigrants in Canada and social injustice: From overt to covert racial discrimination. In Perry, B. (ed.). Diversity, crime and justice in Canada. Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press.