La connaissance de l'intention d'autrui de commettre une infraction et la présence sur les lieux d'une infraction peut, selon les circonstances, être un élément d'aide ou d'encouragement

R. v. Carrington, 2017 ONCA 2 

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[23]      We disagree. While knowledge of another’s intent to commit a crime and mere presence at the scene do not lead automatically to a finding of aiding and abetting, such factors can be evidence of aiding and abetting: R. v. Dunlop, 1979 CanLII 20 (SCC), [1979] 2 S.C.R. 881, at p. 896; R. v. McKay, 2012 ABCA 310, 84 Alta. L.R. (5th) 404, at paras. 21-22. Here, by getting into the victim’s car, at a minimum, the appellant both abetted, and demonstrated an intention to abet, the other men in robbing the victim of his car. This is not a case where the appellant was a mere bystander. He took an active step of getting into the victim’s car that supported the other men in their endeavor, namely, depriving the victim of his car through the use of threats. To be guilty as an aider or abettor, all that is necessary is that the accused intended the consequences that flowed from his or her aid to the principal offender; it is not necessary to show that he or she desired or approved of the consequences: R. v. Greyeyes, 1997 CanLII 313 (SCC), [1997] 2 S.C.R. 825, 8 C.R. (5th) 308, at para. 37. The fact that the appellant’s conduct would aid the other men in their endeavour was patent; nothing in the evidence rebuts the conclusion that he intended the consequences of his actions.