Monica Smith is a courageous journalist, activist, and human rights advocate. She has been in the news for her courage in standing up to the abortion-promoting Canadian government. She is a force to be reckoned with!
00:08:51.260In fact, what needs to happen, which really hasn't yet, is the recognition of the evil that went on.
00:08:58.620And some understanding for police, especially, who are not just, you know, soldiers of the government that are supposed to meet out whatever they're told to do, whether that means killing innocent people and brutalizing innocent people or not.
00:09:15.880It means they are supposed to take the law, work within it, and do their best to do justice.
00:09:21.840They still have their own consciences and they're supposed to work within that.
00:09:24.980Yet what we saw was automatons doing just brutality against their own citizens, their own brothers and sisters, if you will, their own fellow Australians.
00:09:37.260I can actually tell your audience that the police force, especially in Melbourne, but also in other places around the world, it's having a very hard time recruiting people.
00:09:47.860And it has lost, it has the lowest numbers that it's ever had.
00:09:50.780In fact, in Queensland, they're even looking at recruiting international police to come and work in Queensland, which is obviously absurd.
00:09:59.240But obviously the things that they were asked to do and the things that they did do has played a role on, you know, creating discomfort within that job.
00:10:09.460And instead of looking within the organisation, thinking, oh, I wonder what we could do differently to keep our staff in place.
00:10:16.380Instead of doing that, they're basically throwing their hands up in the air and wondering, gee, I wonder what's going on.
00:10:24.940Also, we've got a lot of police that lost their jobs because they didn't want to get, you know, the injections and things like that.
00:10:31.300But actually, most recently in Queensland, the police force actually won a case and it was deemed actually unconstitutional that they were forced to get mandated.
00:10:43.280So actually, some of the police who wanted to go back after all the trauma, they might not want to have gone back.
00:10:49.320So the police force has suffered immensely and our crime, which is obviously a bit off topic for this, but it is on topic with police.
00:10:58.200The crime here in Australia has gone, it's really gone crazy, especially youth crime and things like that.
00:11:04.560So there aren't enough police to actually keep us safe.
00:11:09.360And one thing I'll say before you ask the next question is recently I had an incident where I was sleeping in my van and someone attacked my car.
00:11:36.600So there is something to fight to keep.
00:11:39.420And I hope that instances like me taking them to court is not an opportunity to embarrass them or make the public respect them less, but actually an opportunity for them to think twice before they follow unlawful instructions from their superiors.
00:11:57.200I want people to think twice before they do that next time.
00:11:59.840Not just for the force, but for themselves, because you've got to sleep with yourself at nighttime and you wouldn't feel good shooting rubber bullets at innocent people, for example.
00:12:08.900What do you hope to come out of this case?
00:12:11.960Over the last four years, I have learned to have low expectations only so that I don't get hurt all the time because the conservative or freedom movement or whatever you want to call it have lost quite a few times over the last four years.
00:12:55.220I can risk all of this because I have the situation to do so.
00:12:59.140And also, even your audience and my audience here in Australia, they supported me financially when I was in prison.
00:13:05.460And because of that, I feel a duty I'm happy to do, to do whatever I can.
00:13:10.620And even if I lose the case, John Henry, but I have aired something publicly that stays on the record for decades or centuries, then I think that's good enough.
00:13:19.800And if that's all I can do, that's all I'm going to do.
00:13:22.160But I obviously hope that we can make someone accountable for the decisions that were made on that day and to give the people that can't do what I'm doing some peace that we at least got heard by someone.
00:13:37.100You know what, Monica, I can't tell you how many people were inspired, were given hope, were given just unbelievable encouragement by your witness.
00:13:47.660You've already done enough, as it were, to have suffered what you did because it's created already amazing benefits for people.
00:13:58.140It's inspired people, first and foremost, in faith.
00:14:25.780So whatever you do from here on is just great.
00:14:27.640I wouldn't have been able to do anything without my parents, my family and my faith.
00:14:32.260And I think it gives a different meaning to the things that you do, and it makes you feel less afraid.
00:14:39.220You know, if you're a parent, your purpose is being the best parent you can.
00:14:43.880And everything after that is lesser of a purpose, actually.
00:14:48.060Now, I think God hasn't allowed me to get married and have children yet, and I still have time.
00:14:52.400But yet, because he's like, this is your purpose now, and purposes change, callings change.
00:14:59.340But in the moment of now, and in the moment that I went to prison and things like that, my lifestyle was set up perfectly to be able to endure those things.
00:15:08.500I wouldn't have been able to handle the pain of losing friends and family over, you know, the politics.
00:15:48.080And I think I have a really good relationship with God in the sense that, not in an arrogant way, in the sense that he gives me feelings like within my stomach or whatever.
00:15:57.460And I just feel when I'm supposed to do something or when I'm not supposed to do something.
00:16:02.320So maybe sometime soon he'll let me move on with my life.
00:16:06.960But until then, I'm doing this and it gives me peace to do it.
00:16:10.640And for anyone out there who thinks, oh, my goodness, like when you're going to see the mainstream media will attack me, there's going to be a lot of things.
00:16:18.060There's other court cases going on that they're attacking me, but I won't go into that.
00:16:21.400But whenever you see mainstream media about me, just think Monica's fine.
00:16:27.040She's doing fine because this is perfect for my lifestyle and character right now.
00:16:32.060And I'm happy to do it, but I'm really happy to get people's prayers because who knows what's going to happen.
00:16:47.380So, indeed, first of all, let me pledge to praying for you myself and from the LifeSite staff.
00:16:53.080But also, I know many, many of our viewers will keep you in prayer, are so happy to keep you in prayer.
00:17:00.240One of the things you said is very interesting because I think there's a lot of people who wonder how to discern.
00:17:07.740And the way you described it was neat.
00:17:10.540You get a feeling in your stomach or whatever, just a sense.
00:17:13.800If you have any more on that, we'll take it.
00:17:15.500I think that you need to give yourself the space to think about things.
00:17:20.000If you're always on the run and then if you're in the car and you're listening to music with words in it, I recommend listening to music, classical music or instrumental music.
00:17:29.240But you need to give yourself the space to hear God.
00:17:32.340You can't just say, oh, I want to hear what you want me to do.
00:17:36.760And then you're just on the run all the time.
00:17:40.700But the other thing is as well, if you ask for him to speak to you and give you guidance and then he gives you guidance that you don't like, you can't ignore it just because it doesn't suit you.
00:17:51.560You're supposed to do that thing because you asked for it and then it might lead into something else that you would prefer to be doing.
00:17:58.260But if you really want to hear his calling, it will come.
00:18:03.340But you have to be ready to listen and you have to give yourself the time to.
00:18:06.900And when he does, you need to do it or else he might not talk to you for a long time.
00:18:11.920So ask for it and be ready for it would be my advice.
00:18:23.600But recently as well, I've been getting out in nature a lot to compensate for the stress that I have.
00:18:31.040And when I'm laying on a beach and I'm watching the ocean, I'm thinking to myself, this is God giving me the energy that I need to deal with the things that are coming.
00:18:41.060And it honestly has worked really, really well.