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For now, I haven't," Trudeau told the Free Press at an event Sunday night. The Winnipeg South Federal Liberal Association ( WSFLA) hosted a speech by the 40- year- old media darling. Trudeau recently found himself the front- runner in an Ipsos- Reid poll that asked respondents if they had positive impressions, negative impressions or no impression of Trudeau, interim Leader Bob Rae, and four other possible contenders for the Liberal leadership. More than a third of respondents ( 35 per cent) reported a positiveimpression of Trudeau, while only 18 per cent gave the same review for Rae. Trudeau has repeatedly stated he has no plans to run for the party's leadership - and reiterated that stance in Winnipeg. " My decision is very much focused around my responsibilities as a father. I've always been able to draw a bit of interest and attention wherever I go in the country and I'm pleased to see that continue," he said. The Montreal MP drew a crowd of about 150 people to the Pembina Highway Pony Corral for Sunday's event. " It's extremely important that the Liberal party keeps doing what it's been trying to do over the last year, which is get out of the Ottawa bubble and connect with people as much as we possibly can," Trudeau said, to exuberant supporters. " You can argue that over the last few years we haven't been particularly successful. Let's talk honestly here." The event, intended to boost membership in the Liberal party, attracted many notable Manitoba Liberals, such as Manitoba Liberal Leader Jon Gerrard, former MP Anita Neville and deputy Winnipeg mayor Justin Swandel ( St. Norbert). " He's an exciting, young force," Gerrard said, minutes before Trudeau spoke. " Based on his family history and his energy, he could be really good for the Liberals." He is the son of former federal Liberal leader Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada's prime minister from 1968 to 1979 and again from 1980 to 1984. Trudeau is considered to be one of the party's most exciting forces, hailed as a dynamic and young presence in the otherwise aging Liberal landscape. A political figure noted for his environmental advocacy, he spoke for about 30 minutes, easily winning over the boisterous crowd with talk of uniting the country once more against the " hierarchal Conservative government" or the " socialist model" of the NDP. " Right now we're playing up East versus West, urban versus rural, French versus English. All those divisions that people are choosing to wedge for political gain are making us weaker and making the country weaker," Trudeau said. Trudeau took a short boat ride along the Red River with Swandel to see the construction progress on Investors Group Field, soon to be the new home of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers football club. " He's a neat guy... very down- toearth. He wasn't shy to chip in and help out. He was up there untying the boat and getting stuff done," Swandel said. Trudeau mingled with people for about an hour after speaking, delighting many who came to get a look at the charismatic Liberal. " He's basically the rock star for the party," said M. J. Willard, who ran in the riding of Portage- Lisgar for the Liberals in the last federal election. katherine. dow@ freepress. mb. ca Trudeau not prodded into race Repeats stance during speech to city Liberals By Katherine Dow FOR all that bluster, Saturday night's dramatic storm produced little lasting damage. Though nearly the entire southeastern corner of the province, excluding Winnipeg, was under a tornado warning, there were no reports of any actual funnel clouds, said staff at Environment Canada. And there were few reports of damage - no flooding, few trees snapped or power lines downed and no widespread reports of cars dented by hail. That's despite extremely ominous skies, constant lightning and very loud thunder that crossed the border at about 8 p. m. and drifted over Winnipeg at about 9: 30 p. m. " These very active systems, they're very prevalent in the spring on the Prairies but what they actually bring can really vary with each one," said Environment Canada meteorologist Matt Loney. The storm did bring big hailstones - walnut- sized ones in Gretna, quartersized ones just west of Emerson, golf ball- sized ones in Charleswood and almost tennis ball- sized hail in Crestview. Manitoba Public Insurance won't know until today whether to expect an influx of claims related to hail- dented cars or broken windshields, but few reports of that type emerged Sunday. If there does turn out to be a batch of claims, MPI spokesman Brian Smiley said the insurer would consider opening a dedicated hail claim centre. Manitoba Conservation also said the storm did little to increase the flood risk. In fact, the amount of rain that actually fell in most places Saturday was relatively small. Winnipeg got about two millimeters at the airport and most communities in the storm area only received between five and 10 mm. Saturday's weather was not classic tornado weather, where an extremely hot, muggy day gives way to a big evening storm. Instead, the warnings were caused by two fronts colliding while a pocket of very cold air hovered in the upper atmosphere, said Loney. ' My decision is very much focused around my responsibilities as a father' - Liberal MP Justin Trudeau on staying out of his party's leadership race Storm's bark was worse than bite JOHN WOODS / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Justin Trudeau secures a boat after a trip on the Red River before his speech Sunday. A_ 06_ Jun- 11- 12_ FP_ 01. indd A6 6/ 10/ 12 10: 23: 28 PM ;