I was saying it because exactly the same thing happened to me. I finished my studies in 2018 and then I learned French. When I was in the process, the suspension of the PEQ students occurred, but since I was already working then I applied for the PEQ worker and I obtained the CSQ in 4 weeks.
That is great news. Congrats!! I did my french certification classes during my studies. I got the french certification in 2018 but graduated in june of 2019. I started working from september 2019 then got laid off during the lockdown for roughly 3 months and resumed work from June of this year. For peq worker, we need to work for 12 consecutive months, right?
Hopefully, (either with complaints to citizen protector or not) i get good news soon.