Le contrôle aux fins de la notion de possession imputée implique un pouvoir ou une autorité sur l'objet

R. v. Savory, 1996 CanLII 2001 (ON CA)

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Control for the purpose of constructive possession does not require that the accused did in fact exercise control over the object in question.  In R. v. Terrence (1980), 1980 CanLII 74 (ON CA), 55 C.C.C. (2d) 183 (Ont. C.A.), aff'd (1983), 1983 CanLII 51 (SCC), 4 C.C.C. (3d) 193 (S.C.C.), the Supreme Court accepted that control means power or authority over the object in question.  Similarly, in R. v. Chambers (1985), 1985 CanLII 169 (ON CA), 20 C.C.C. (3d) 440 (Ont. C.A.), the court held that the right to grant or withhold consent to drugs being stored in a bedroom was sufficient to constitute control.  Again, control is established if there is the right to grant or withhold consent.  It is not necessary that the consent in fact be granted or withheld.