GLANBROOK – In his first order of business for Glanbrook residents following his re-election, Tim Hudak, MPP elect for Niagara West-Glanbrook, reignited his campaign to have the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) fund a gypsy moth spraying program. [img_assist|nid=132|title=Tim Hudak tours the Arbuckle's Binbrook property this summer to survey the damage done to it by gypsy moths.|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=200|height=191]In an October 18 letter to MNR Minister David Ramsay (attached), Hudak put his support behind the City of Hamilton’s latest efforts to curb the gypsy moth infestation that hit areas such as Binbrook particularly hard this year. It was his third letter to Ramsay on the subject of gypsy moths in three months. The City of Hamilton recently agreed to study the damage the spread of gypsy moths did to its forested areas this year with the intension of implementing a spraying program or some other measure of control in time for next year’s outbreak. “Minister, this problem is not going away; and neither am I,” Hudak wrote in a letter to MNR Minister David Ramsay. Hudak personally surveyed the damage gypsy moths have did to the riding this year, having toured constituent’s properties in West Lincoln and Glanbrook. With the help of several local residents, Hudak circulated a petition this summer that has garnered hundreds of signatures to date. The petition calls on the MNR to fund a spray program for municipalities that simply can not afford to offer such a program on its own. Hudak plans on reading the petition in the Ontario Legislature when it resumes later this year. “Action must be taken on this matter immediately to ensure that a spray program or other measure of control is in place before next spring, which is when the gypsy moth larvae hatch and do the most damage,” Hudak said. “Minister, the longer we wait, the more expensive it is going to be when this annual infestation spreads throughout the greenbelt and across the province.”