I had LASIK in early 2003 in Toronto; I have had no problems whatsoever. My vision is better now than it was with glasses or contacts before the surgery; I can consistently read the 20/15 line on an eye chart with either eye or the 20/12 line with both eyes, and on a good day I can read the 20/10 line.
My husband had it done in 2002, he went from needing glasses/contacts all the time, - unable to see distance - to not needing them at all, to just needing reading glasses (apparently we still need for the discovery of age reversal for that to be fixed ;-) )