QQs: Kangaroo if you’re in EU and they ask you to provide an updated POF what do u do? At that point your POF is already invested
Exactly. The moment you use your POF on other investments (say going to a school in EU) that means you've already given up on Canada. So using your POF for EU/US opportunities cannot go in parallel with your attempts at Canada.
Assuming you don't have shit load of money to cover both POF and EU/US expenses, I think the only way of putting attempts parallel to Canada is looking for a job in EU/US or getting admitted to a school on a stipend. The latter is probably easier depending on one's profile. Thing is though, EU is equally safe in terms of PR if one doesn't absolutely suck at planning, so there should be no need to try to get Canada in parallel. Unless of course there are cultural reasons.
Personally, I'm waiting to see if JT will shut the borders again in a few weeks (see jay's post above). If that happens, I'll bail out on Canada completely and use my POF and additional funds, and all my focus, to go to somewhere in EU. Quite easy if one's willing. The way I'll abandon my plan for Canada is, I won't withdraw my app or anything, I'll just use my POF and see if I get a re-POF request down the road. If I do, my EE is gone, and I don't care anyway. If not, I get a little surprise but I'm probably already employed in EU (far better career than anything in Canada) and I wouldn't give two shits about Canada at that point. I'd take a weekend and do my PNP landing then go back to EU. That might cost me my Canada PR few years later but who cares at that point lol