Can we draw the following hypothesis from the context (see options)?

Context:

But how can that happen when we know from the start that this agency will be made up of an extremely large number of employees-40,000 is the number we have been seeing-who will no longer come under the Public Service Employment Act and who will therefore have difficulty keeping their union?

Hypothesis: 40,000 employees is considered an extremely large number of employees in this case.
OPT: (a). Yes; (b). It's impossible to say; (c). No;
(a).