Judging from LegalFalcon’s recent expository prose; If IRCC is actually waiting for travel restrictions to be lifted before processing and finalizing outland applications that may explain why they haven’t conducted draws for outlanders yet because doing that would mean they immediately have to start processing these new applications as well.
Most of us rightly think that sending ITAs now shouldn’t be a problem since none of those invited will land this year but from this recent revelation it seems non-conduction of these draws was more related to the pause of outland applications processing than Covid19 risk
I’m just chilling till September 15 to see what excuse they are going manufacture again.