As someone explained The PNP certificate expire in 6 months. So, they have to go-ahead with PNP also remember that at the beginning of the year they announced a focus on provincial nominate.
And CEC mostly their education is Canadian diploma/degree they do not depend on companies who certified Canadian education equivalency and they required less documents that FSW is easier for then to go ahead with CEC.
Also, remember that CEC inside Canada has an expiration date for their work permit, they need to proceed with this people before the work permit expire or due to this it will be an increases on extended work permit applications. That’s what I believe.
The good news is they are cleaning the Pool. So Onces FSW take place again Score will definitely go down as less candidate are in the pool.