I have a similar respose from my local VO but without the timeline. Actually they just mention it is unfortunate that they are not able to give a timeline. What they only enphasis on is that according to the immigration act applications have to be sceened for eligibility, criminality, health, security. Long story short is my file is somewhere "collecting dust" with CBSA/CSIS - lol! its not like they have assigned a "Canadian James Bond" to Investigate me. I rekon its just a search on some database thats required - 15 min max. But perphas the bureaucracy and other reasons.
Sorry to say probably she could be right on the guesstimate on the timeline. I came across a spreadsheet that has given me a worse time estimate based on other cases i.e 15 Dec 2018

. Its already 227 days without any progress.
Well i hope it happens sooner and it doesnt extend that long for all of us.
Being HOPEFUL and PATIENT is all we can do. Lets hope we get to hear a positive feedback from the PM office.