It is how government works with refugee, it is what it is. They promised it before election and it is important for them to keep the promise.
Why would they care about PNP? There are no magazines and TV reports saying that Federal Government don't give a thing about people that were chosen by provinces.
Noone is asking these inconvenient questions on TV/magazines and that's why they can easily neglect paper-based PNP until at least April 2016 or later.
Many CIC visa offices in Europe have 30+ months processing times. Would it be too bad for Trudeau if Sydney/Ottawa will shift processing times from 15 months to 30 for PNP? Ok maybe 30 is bad, but who would blame him for shifting it to 20?
Moreover, the huge budget is assigned for refugee settlement and adaptation and every province would be happy to get a big portion of this assigned money.
They also increased Express Entry draws last weeks, probably to report end-year low score as a success.
My recommendation is simple: find a good TV reporter and ask him to make a report about this ridiculous situation, where PNP people are hostages of pre-election promises.
I already see PNP people who had no choice except going home country because their employer is bankrupt and their work permits were closed. The longer we wait - the more PNP people will go home.