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I'm not sure if anyone answered the question as to whether they can specify where you have to take it, but I found this (cropped to highlight this point):

http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/cvse/referen...Order-info.pdf

Level 1 (Box 1) – Means
The Peace Officer may specify where the vehicle is to be towed to, for the purpose of inspection and testing

Level 2 (Box 2) – Means
The Peace Officer has ordered the driver/registered owner to take their vehicle promptly to a DIF, have it repaired immediately and pass a complete mechanical vehicle inspection within 30 days;

Level 3 (Box 3) – Means
This level of N & O does not require a vehicle inspection; The
vehicle component(s) must be repaired and the registered owner/driver
may be required to report back to the enforcement officer or a specific
agency or location, to confirm the vehicle meets the required vehicle safety standards

So it depends on which you get.

Originally Posted by 320icar

^^^. Well then fuck it right? Let’s all give up.

Give up on what?

Originally Posted by DaJo

The way this officer is enforcing by the book without any sound judgement proves to us that he is incapable for his line of work and needs to be retrained or coached.

Based on what? His superiors would be seeing a bunch of vehicles getting VIs that are unable to pass in their current state. Are they supposed to think that's not what he's supposed to be doing?

Originally Posted by twitchyzero

is there somewhere that strictly states VI can only be issued for MVA violations, or is there a greater degree flexibility that that can also extend to the officer's perception/interpretation of vehicles posing as a safety risk?

Unless it changed, the whole point was the officers aren't expected to be mechanical experts or try to perform a complete inspection of a vehicle at the roadside, so if they suspected anything could be amiss they could issue a VI. Per that pdf I linked above

could have one or more safety defects that are contrary to the Motor Vehicle Act/ Regulations