Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I uru a Duffy ki te tari Paremata o te reo irirangi CBC i te tau 1974, ā, ka noho hei kairipoata mō te whakaaturanga pouaka whakaata matua "" i te tau 1977. I noho a Duffy hei kairipoata pouaka whakaata CBC matua i runga i te Parliament Hill me te hipoki i nga pooti me te nuinga o nga korero nui a te kawanatanga o nga kawanatanga o Trudeau, Clark me Mulroney. Ko Duffy e mohiotia ana mo tana mahi hei kairipoata Ottawa, engari he kairipoata ke ia. I pūrongo ia i te hinganga o Vietnam ki te Tonga
i te Paenga-whāwhā 1975, ā, ko ia tētahi o ngā kairipoata whakamutunga i wehe atu i mua i te taenga mai o ngā hōia o Vietnam ki te Raki me ngā whakakeke o Viet Cong.