The Conservative Party is ending its support for a federal carbon tax. Interim leader Candice Bergen told her caucus about the change at a meeting on Feb. 9, saying that the carbon tax issue will be dealt with in the upcoming leadership race, according to a report in the Toronto Star. Conservative MP John Williamson twitted the Toronto Star article, headlined, “Conservatives drop support for carbon pricing, bring an O’Toole foe back from exile,” without disputing its reporting, except to say, “Tax’ spelled incorrectly by headline writer.” His comments is a reference to the Tories’ official position that their party’s carbon levy wasn’t a tax, but just a price on carbon generation. The decision comes a week after former party leader Erin O’Toole was ousted by his caucus on Feb. 2. O’Toole had announced his own version of a carbon tax during the 2021 federal election campaign, reversing a previous pledge to …