TORONTO - Ottawa has tightened the strings on foreigners who try to use a fraudulent marriage to gain Canadian citizenship. The new law will force sponsored spouses to wait five years from when they are granted Canadian residence status before they can sponsor a new spouse. There have been problems where sponsors sponsor a person believing there is a love connection only to have their spouse skip town with Canadian status. The spouse could then sponsor another foreign spouse for money even though their sponsor would still be on the hook financially for them for three years. "I held town hall meetings across the country to hear from victims of marriage fraud," Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney said Friday. "In addition to the heartbreak and pain that came from being lied to and deceived, these people were angry. They felt they had been used as a way to get to Canada. We're taking action because immigration to Canada should not be built ...