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

Context:

In the last four years, the federal government has taken hundreds of millions of dollars from the economy of Quebec and the Atlantic provinces by closing military bases, reducing unemployment insurance benefits, slashing budgets for regional development, and reducing tax transfers for health, welfare and education.

Hypothesis: federal government has taken hundreds of millions of dollars from the falling economy of Quebec
Select from the following.
 1). Yes;
 2). It's impossible to say;
 3). No;
2).