After slashing transfers to the provinces and getting more money from the unemployed, the workers and the employers who pay EI premiums but find it harder now to qualify for benefits, the federal government has racked up an accumulated surplus of $10.4 billion in the first six months of this fiscal year.

Can we draw the following conclusion?
The government owes EI money.

(a). Yes; (b). It's impossible to say; (c). No;
(c).