Since my file seems to be being completely processed at CPP-Ottawa, and I'm terribly impatient, I decided to reach out to them via email again for an update (no update since PPR on October 19th). I emailed this morning and got another quick response.
They said "Thank you for your email, we are processing applications toward finalization on a daily basis, however, as we have a large volumes it could take another two to four weeks."
So, it looks like they're taking PPR pretty early, but it might take a longer amount of time to finalize things. At least for those wondering what's happening in Ottawa, they are doing something.