How could they possibly know your current PR application status? It is clearly stated
"The AINP cannot provide status updates on your Application for Permanent Residence in Canada. CIC will advise you of the visa office processing your application"
Meaning, they don't have access to CIC database. Even if you change your address you need to inform both CIC and AINP. Because if you only let CIC know, AINP will not know until you tell them..
This is actually my biggest concern with the AINP, as they don't follow up the current status of AINP applicants regularly, it is highly likely they issue or process applications from ineligible applicant or from applicant who doesn't need it anymore. Furthermore, there is probably a big chunk of the 10,000 ish application that they don't really need to process.
Perhaps they want to do that kind of monitoring but lack of resources or something. I don't know. But from the limited information in this forum, my guess is that they don't do such monitoring.
I actually know some of my friends who already got the ITA and currently processing PR too in the federal through EE, They did apply AINP but never heard anything. So chances are their file is still in the queue.
There's gotta be a better way to manage that backlog, I mean come on... there are tons of operation management experts out there. How come this things going on and on for a long long time.. Just use common sense..