What is the current state of the law in Canada on possession?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Vanayan, 2017 BCSC 428 (CanLII):
The law relating to possession in Canada has evolved over the years. A recitation of the same always starts with Beaver v. The Queen, 1957 CanLII 14 (SCC), [1957] S.C.R. 531, 118 C.C.C. 129 as authority for the three elements of constituting possession within the meaning of the criminal law, which are, in cases of manual handling, that it must be co-existent with knowledge of what the thing is and some element of control over it outside public duty.
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