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.
pick from the following.
 A). Yes;
 B). It's impossible to say;
 C). No;
A).