Amid further startling allegations about Jian Ghomeshi abusing women, former deputy prime minister Sheila Copps is under fire for questioning why the former CBC host no longer has a job.

Copps served as a Liberal MP from 1984 until 2004 and held a number of top cabinet posts. She was the first woman to serve as deputy prime minister and the first MP to give birth while in office.

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Copps began tweeting about Ghomeshi on Monday after he accused the CBC of firing him without good cause in a lengthy Facebook post. Her first tweets also take place after the Toronto Star detailed allegations from three women of violent abuse and an accusation from a former CBC employee of sexual harassment. It's unclear if Copps had read the Star story when she sent her tweets.