Hm, I've got a strange thought:
As we see, IRCC depicted its 2022 target for EE (FSW, FST, CEC) as 110,500 people.
In the meantime, in October 2021, the EE backlog for these 3 programs was: 48,225 (CEC) + 51,147 (FSW) + 941 (FST) = 100,313 applicants who stuck in limbo.
Let us think, that by the end of 2021, IRCC will have sent N golden mails.
Thus, the number of (100,313 - N) backlogged applicants will remain in limbo on Jan, 1, and their PPRs will go to the 2022 statistics.
So, the number of possible ITAs which will take place in 2022 will be:
110,500 - (100,313 - N) = 10,187 + N,
where N is the number of COPRs sent between Oct, 27 and Dec, 31.
I see it like communicating vessels - more people get COPRs in 2021, more free space for ITAs in 2022.
And here we meet the point: what is the aim of IRCC?
I mean that if they're simple bureaucrats, they have already reached 90% of their 2022 target for EE. If IRCC gets that its 2021 target is unobtainable, they could decelerate the issuing of COPRs in 2021 and easily smear the remaining EE backlog on all 12 months of 2022 in order to keep working in pace but without burning buttocks. The number of 2022 ITAs will depend only on their agreement to fulfil social obligations. And Sean Frases is the only guy who can affect them. I mean that he ought to be a guy with a whip - I assume that Sean Fraser acknowledges that in 5 years we all will be legit citizens to vote. So, if I were him, I'd wanted us to be grateful citizens. His further actions could show how he plans to cast his future in Canadian politics.