yes thank you! that was my understanding too, untill i stumbled upon that post where the CEC inland and dependent were sent the RFV mail after mentioning they will return in May to the portal 1 email.RFV (Ready for Visa) is the letter that allows the outland PR applicant to stamp the one time temporary visa to travel to Canada.
ECOPR is only processed for in-land applicants, never for outland ones.
I personally came across many CEC Inland applicants who were stuck outside Canada due to the long processing times of TRV, in every occasion the applicant was asked to come to Canada and then reply back to the portal email for further processing.