1. No one knows. A bunch of Canadians have been emailing them and getting the same boiler plate response that completely ignores that they're asking about mission critical visas and not regular visa services.
2. No it's a complete standstill. There was a 5 month backlog before the shutdown, plus however long the covid shutdown is. Cases DQ'd around November 2019 were the ones that had their interviews cancelled when the consulate closed just to give you an idea of the backlog.
3. Hard to say. It's incredibly unlikely, but if their rate of interviewing improves with only focusing on mission critical visas, there might be a chance.
If you would like I can add you to the Canadian CR1/IR1 chat. If you're not interested, there's a summary (minus covid since that's all speculation) linked in my signature
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