By CBC News

An Ontario Liberal is hoping Wednesday's bedbug summit in Toronto will lead to a Canada-wide co-ordinated approach to stamping out a growing infestation.

Michael Colle says 120 people will attend the summit near the provincial legislature.

Those attending include pest management experts, health units, landlords and people whose homes have been invaded by bedbugs.

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Earlier this month Chicago hosted North America's first bedbug summit with a sellout audience and a slate of entomologists representing top universities such as Yale and Cornell. 

Bedbugs, which were nearly eradicated 50 years ago, have been making a comeback in North America due to the banning of DDT and other toxic chemicals.

The tenacious bloodsuckers are also becoming resistant to many of the chemicals currently used against them.

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