City council approves motion to fight bed bugs
Posted June 7, 2012 1:58 pm.
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TORONTO, Ont. – Toronto’s City Council has unanimously approved a motion to spend $250,000 of the health budget on fighting bed bugs.
The city has also asked the province to match that amount, and commit to long-term funding for 2013 and beyond.
In May, the city’s bed bug eradication team was dismantled when Ontario’s one-time funding of $1.2 million ran out.
The team exterminated over 1,500 bed bug infestations, with a third of them in Toronto Community Housing units, according to staff estimates.
