My MP's office called IRCC to inquire the status of my application. As of now: Security and criminality check not started and the application is still within the processing time said the VO. It's been 53 days since I received the Pre Arrival Letter. Waiting is so frustrating.
Too early to be frustrated or to bother contacting MP.
You applied at end of August 2023, not much more than 5 months ago. Posted processing time is 12 months. You will probably come in under that, but maybe not by a lot. We applied from Phils in late Nov./22 and got PPR in mid-Oct./23. I was rep for another couple, married in Phils at same time, and they got PPR in just over 9 months from Dec./22 application date. If you get there in 9-10 months, not much to complain about. But, I agree, the waiting is a pain. Best simply to resign oneself to it from the start.
You will almost certainly be able to get your wife here next summer. We had hopes for that. Instead, my wife got here in mid-December, about the worst weather month one can pick. I went to the Phils. in mid-Nov./23 and offered that we could stay there until springtime in Canada, but she did not want to delay, maybe worried that IRCC would have a change of heart, given our track record of 3 TRV refusals. They certainly seemed determined to keep her out for a long time.