Bylaw enforcers also check things like noise and traffic complaints regarding businesses, aside from license and cleanliness issues.
All it takes is a couple of incidents (rudeness, a parking dispute, etc.) to generate a complaint about a business or its clientele, and complaints (once filed officially) have to be investigated.
Also do not be naive about it being a way of information gathering for the heavier polce agencies (RCMP, CBSA).
Finally, it is not out of line to suggest that municipal politicians are corrupt. Their careers are reliant on donations, and maybe they are signalling that Swan and friends are not doing enough to fund their next campaign. Or mayb developers are eyeing the property and what better way to pick off a piece of desirable land than to call up your pet councillors and mayors and have them target a thriving business for closure. The other shops can't pay their rising rents, but this one always can, and they cannot redevelop until every window is boarded up.
I get if they suspect human trafficking, then yes, but as we know this is not the case.
If that was the case then it would be the CBSA raiding the place.
Nice to know that I live in Canada’s most moral city.
Some of those Chinese evangelical christians could give white Chilliwack ones some serious competition.