Parents, are you aware of the "Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite Act of 2009?

i'm not leaning either way with the title. i think maybe it's a sad attempt at being cute. i have never experienced bed bugs, i'm still not sure where it comes from, but i know where i live (manitoba canada) government housing complexes have spent millions on getting rid of them, everyone had to live in hotels for a little while, and they thought they fixed the problem. less than a month later they were back. my parent's live out in the country, and recently had a problem with rats over the cold winter. my mom came into the city and went to the exterminator store to buy some poison or traps or something, and i guess the store had a few fake rats on display... well that sent her over the edge and she started crying. the cashier, tried to comfort her, saying, 'it's ok, rats are an easy problem to fix, bed bugs are what get most people crying in the store". i have heard that you sometimes have to get rid of your bed completely... i don't know about anyone else but my bed cost over $1500. not something i can afford to replace right now. and for people living in low income housing, it's an impossibility to do this. any government money going to fixing this problem i see as a good thing.