It was a huge surprise from CIC, I just came back today to this forum and everything was changed. FSTP always used to be few in numbers with low crs scores, and therefore, CIC might have given them chance this time. Also, a year back there was news that CIC may do separate draws for PNP/FSTP and CEC/FSW but there was no such event till yesterday. The second thing was conducting PNP/FSTP on each Friday like IEC and CEC/FSW on Wednesdays on fortnightly basis.
Now there are two possibilities either it was the test run of such proposal, or it was just another theory of CIC (It may be true if we do have draw this Wednesday). 60% of people in Express Entry are from CEC, 27% from PNP, 12% from FSW, and only 1% from FSTP. Having different scores for all four categories will assure that everyone will have equal chance to get selected.
My Predictions: It is my guess that Scores for CEC will be lower than FSW scores due to more applicants in the pool (if we have separate draws). Also, if the trend of this type of draw continues then we will see PNP/FSTP applications to be concluded within 3 months instead of 6 months after June Changes.
OINP Updates:
OINP will start distributing nominations from next week. So, applicants with the decision in progress till 26th May have high chances of getting nominations in the upcoming week. Good Luck for that.
Finally, the only thing I am 100% sure is that CIC have a lot of surprises for us in the future.